"RIVER BEN"

Located at Hilton New Bern/Riverfront Hotel

Photos by Dave Wallace - March 2010

Hilton New Bern/Riverfront Hotel Town of River Bend bear called "River Ben"

CLOSEUP PHOTOS OF BEN TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ARTIST SANDY BRUNO

Detailing of face Fashion design shirt Jeans

Feet Plaque River Ben  - Sponsors River Bend Friends - Artist Sandy Bruno Left Side

Right side Upper Back (color is off) Lower Back

To see all the other bears around New Bern for the 300th anniversary in 2010 go to http://www.beartownbears.org/bears.htm

Dave Wallace 3/29/2010

In Year 2011, the River Bend bear was brought back to River Bend and placed in the Town Commons.  Young Daniel Hullander (age 13) designed the place where the bear would stand in his effort to become an Eagle Scout in Troop 132.