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Healey presents state medals, proclaims Memorial Day at State House ceremony
Summary
Governor Maura Healey and state officials presented the Medal of Liberty and the Medal of Fidelity to families of Massachusetts service members and issued a Memorial Day proclamation at a ceremony in the Executive Chamber on May 20, 2025.
Governor Maura Healey presented Massachusetts’ Medals of Liberty and Fidelity to the next of kin of service members killed in wartime or who later died from service-related illnesses and proclaimed May 20, 2025, as Memorial Day at a ceremony in the Executive Chamber of the State House on Tuesday.
The event brought together state leaders, including First Lady Joanna Lydgate, Lieutenant Governor Kimberly Driscoll and Adjutant General Major General Gary W. Keefe, alongside military officers and gold star families to honor those who died in service and to recognize ongoing state efforts for veterans.
The governor told attendees that the ceremony was part of a broader obligation to remember the sacrifices of service members: "we must never forget what our fallen heroes, their families, their veteran comrades have given to us." Chaplain Ziegler delivered the invocation, asking the crowd to "always honor their memory and remember the sacrifices that they have…
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