We want to thank all of the supporters who have given financial support for the Brookvale May Day and historical highway marker dedication event scheduled for May 17, 2025 at 36 Primary School Circle, Lancaster, VA 22503.

Below are some options you can consider when selecting your financial support.

You can visit the Spirit Shop and chose a gift at your donation level. Some of the gifts are made with images the students from Lancaster Elementary School art classes created.

On each page on this website, top and bottom, are Donate buttons that will take you directly to the GoFundMe page that was created for this event. Your privacy is protected if you select that option.

If you don’t want to donate online, through the GoFundMe page or the Spirit Shop, you can go directly to any Atlantic Union Bank nationwide and donate to the Save Brookvale History account. The account is under the umbrella of A Pixie From Kilmarnock account because the committee producing the event is not part of a 501c3 non-profit organization.

You can also mail a check or money order to Save Brookvale History, P.O. Box 24003, Richmond, VA 23224.

We appreciate your support and look forward to your participation at the event this coming May.

Thank you.

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Brookvale High School was the new modernized high school for the Black Lancaster County community; a brick building with indoor facilities, regular public school transportation for the surrounding areas; a standard to grow upon; the seeds sown by A. T. Wright High School planted in the rich soil of education.

Transplants from one fertile soil to another; strong, healthy roots to continue the growth of crops of young eager minds. The teachers, the administrators, and the staff of the Black public school systems were the caretakers of the crop of excellence that was the standard of Black education in all the counties of The Northern Neck of VA.

One of those caretakers, along with his wife, Bettye Jean Parker Thornton, was Mr. Frank Thornton.

Please read this excerpt from Richmond Magazine about one of Brookvale High School’s elite educators.
“With our increasing diversity, it is easy to forget how white suburban leaders not that long ago were creating systems that relegated Black citizens to second-class status. Unfortunately, white anger, fear and animosity still exist across our Richmond region in shaping public policy and political representation. We’ve been down that path before, and the only way out is to have more diverse and thoughtful voices like Frank Thornton representing us, not fewer.“

A LIVING LEGACY UNVEILED

Frank Junius Thornton, retired French Professor and Political Figure on February 7, 2025 at the 160th Founders Day at Virginia Union University in Richmond, VA, where his portrait was unveiled as an icon.

Watch on YOUTUBE    –   VUU TV Founders Day

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