Lieutenant Lucius O'Brien and Ripley A. Arnold wrote a song in Winter of 1839–40,
Benny Havens, Oh!, to the air of
The Wearing of the Green. Additional verses were added to the song over time to reflect events including O'Brien's 1841 death in the
Second Seminole War, the
Mexican–American War, the
American Civil War, the 1866 death of General
Winfield Scott, and
Custer's Last Stand. An ensemble of the
West Point Band, the "Benny Havens Band", is named after him. The Benny Havens Pub & Restaurant in Highland Falls is named after him. Havens was portrayed by Joe Brown Jr. in the 1942 film
Ten Gentlemen from West Point and Scott Anderson in the 2022 film
The Pale Blue Eye. ==References==