A National Museum

Historical marker location:

1300 Constitution Avenue Northwest, The National Mall, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50) west of 12th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.)

Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Kenneth E. Behring Center.

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.