DCR Unveils Plaque at Moton Museum Honoring Five Lost Lives  

 
On Saturday, May 30, 2009, the Martha E. Forrester Council of Women held a program of remembrance, "Gone But Not Forgotten," at the Robert Russa Moton Museum in honor of five young Prince Edward students who lost their lives in a tragic 1951 bus accident in Elam, Virginia.   During the program, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation dedicated a plaque to be placed on the High Bridge Trail State Park in honor of the five young lives.

 
Chief Ranger Craig. A. Guthrie (photographed second from left) of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation unveiled the plaque, which will be placed at the site of the tragedy on the High Bridge Trail State Park.  Also photographed are Martha E. Forrester Council of Women members Beatrice Kennedy (far left), Edna Allen and Gwen Brooks.