Benjamin Banneker Park

Historical marker location:
429 L'Enfant Plaza Southwest, Southwest Waterfront, District of Columbia
( Marker can be reached from L'Enfant Plaza Southwest west of 9th Street Southwest.)

National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C.. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

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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.