Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Mayor Jen Grigoraitis, Medal of Fidelity recipient Kathy Childress, former Melrose Veterans Service Director Roseann Trionfi-Mazzuchelli, and City Councilor Mark Garipay pose flanked by flags at the presentation ceremony of Childress’s Medal of Fidelity on March 18, 2025. The Massachusetts Medal of Fidelity is presented to the next of kin of Massachusetts Veterans who died as the result of service-connected illnesses, conditions, or injuries that are related either to exposure to harmful toxins, herbicides, agents, and materials or combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder.
