The Prairie Acadian Cultural Center opened its doors this weekend in Ville Platte, Louisiana. Many local people and tourists flooded the center to see the history of the prairie Acadians. Historic artifacts (brought from everyone’s Maw Maw and Paw Paw’s house) were on display along with genealogical documents, interactive displays, maps, photographs, and much more. People brought their ice chests and checked out the exhibits.
The Prairie Creole-Cajun Cultural Center also opened its doors this weekend in Ville Platte. There was confusion for many because the Center was built by some white guy named Michael Hébert for the Creole and Cajun history of the area. He stood at the door, welcomed everyone in, and seemed to be the only white person that attended the grand opening. He showed everyone historic documents, family tree information, and much more. His museum, built from powerball winnings, had awesome displays of French, Canadian, African, Spanish, Acadian, German, Irish, Native American, etc history for the area. People brought their ice chests and checked out the exhibits.
Things became bizarre after young Hébert finished off several alcoholic beverages. He became disgruntled and mumbled under his breath strange words sounding like bete merde, etc, etc. He tried to get everyone to follow him but everyone stood and looked at him as if he were out of his mind. He seemed to have lost it and that became official when he marched over to the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center and attempted to confiscate its artifacts, shouting in a barely comprehensible manner that he was taking back what was stolen from the prairie Creole-Cajuns. He was promptly arrested and brought to the Ville Platte city jail. Many were shocked at this strange behavior; however, many were amused and afterwards claimed that they greatly enjoyed it. A local scholar from Easton enjoyed it so much that he fell out of his chair laughing.
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Prairie Acadian Cultural Center