Actually, it is an exaggeration if I say that Little Saigon is my home country, Viet Nam. However, standing in the middle of Little Saigon gives me a feeling that I am not alone in the United States. There is a strong connection between the past and the present, between the tradition and the future, and between the first Vietnamese refugees and the later Vietnamese immigrants. Those who came here over thirty years ago have been working so hard in order to create their Vietnamese community. Little Saigon functions as a culture foundation that later Vietnamese immigrants are responsible for preserving and maintaining. The idea that connects my geography class with this field trip to Little Saigon is the cultural mosaic. In my opinion, American
