I Hate War

Historical marker location:

1850 W Basin Dr SW, West Potomac Park, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Ohio Drive Southwest south of West Basin Drive Southwest, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2022

1941-1945 / Third Term. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.

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.