The Mary Karen Read memorial is located in Canterbury Woods Park, close to the trail at the intersection of Braddock Road and Wakefield Chapel. She was a resident of Canterbury Woods and a graduate of Annandale High School. She attended Virginia Tech and was a victim of the Virginia Tech shootings.

Her obituary states that she was born January 30, 1988 at the US Army Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, graduated from Annandale High School in 2006 and was a Freshman at Virginia Tech, majoring in interdisciplinary studies and preparing for elementary education. Mary was a member of Campus Crusade for Christ and had applied to be a Bible study leader-she was to have been notified of her acceptance on Monday.

Mary was enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program at Annandale High School. She was a member of the National Honor Society, the French Honor Society, the Tri-M Band Honor Society; she was president of the Annandale High School Band and a member of the Annandale’s Homecoming Court. Mary also played lacrosse for two years and participated in winter Color Guard for four years. Mary loved spending time with her family and friends, especially on trips to the mountains, the beach or the lake, and was happiest when she was helping others-especially children.