Sitting in Judgment

Historical marker location:

430 E Street Northwest, Judiciary Square, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Indiana Avenue Northwest east of 5th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2012

Civil War to Civil Rights. Downtown Heritage Trail

The District did not have full voting rights until 1961: Although residents of the District of Columbia have been paying federal taxes since 1861, it was not until 1961 that they were granted the right to vote in presidential elections. It wasn't until 1973 that residents were granted the right to elect their own mayor and city council.