Today, Monday, May 25, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. CST, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos will interview local Gold Star mother Brenda Bland of Elmwood, IL, in honor of Memorial Day.
Blands son, Marine Corporal Benjamin D. Desilets, was killed carrying out combat operations in Iraq, on May 22, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Cpl. Desilets attended Elmwood High School, just west of Peoria, IL. He served as a member of the 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Watch the conversation live on Congresswoman Bustos’s Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/RepCheri/.