About

an image of a small market with blue paneled walls. It has a sign above the door reading "Saigon Market Asian Food Specialty: Fresh Seafood, Fruit, Vegetable. On top of the market is a small apartment with white siding.

Hello, my name is Quynh, I am a history student at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia planning to graduate in Spring of 2026. This website was made for Professor Moon’s Spring 2025 Local History course.

While I’ve grown up in Northern Virginia, my family is from Lawrence, hence the random-seeming location. On the left is the grocery my grandparents owned at one point.