Frederick Douglass's Rustic Retreat
Historical marker location:
1411 W Street Southeast, Anacostia, District of Columbia
( Marker can be reached from W Street Southeast east of 14th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.)
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. 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.