Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

297 Henry Bacon Drive Northwest, The National Mall, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of Henry Bacon Drive Northwest and Lincoln Memorial Circle Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Henry Bacon Drive Northwest.)

National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

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.