Urban Wilderness

Historical marker location:

Theodore Roosevelt Island, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Upland Trail, 0.2 miles north of Swamp Trail, on the right when traveling north.)

Theodore Roosevelt Island. George Washington Memorial Parkway, 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.