Battery Kemble Park

Historical marker location:

2832 Chain Bridge Road Northwest, Kent, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Chain Bridge Road Northwest north of MacArthur Boulevard Northwest, on the right when traveling north.)

Defense of Washington

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.