Local veterans set to speak in McLean County tomorrow

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By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News

Several veterans from Livingston County will be featured speakers in a History Conference panel in McLean County tomorrow.

Art Leach, Jack Murphy, Ralph Messer, Ed Long and Juan Ruiz will be representing the Livingston County War Museum – Dal Estes Education Center for the fifth year at this event. They will share their personal experiences serving in the military during World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

This event is sponsored by the McLean County Museum of History, the Illinois State University Department of History and the Regional Office of Education.