Dudley Knox Center for Naval History

Historical marker location:

805 Kidder Breese Street Southeast, Navy Yard, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Kidder Breese Street Southeast near Dahlgren Avenue Southeast.)

Marker installed: 1982

Dudley Wright Knox, Commodore, USN. 1877-1960

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.