Lincoln Assassination Trial

Historical marker location:

102 3rd Avenue, Fort McNair, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 3rd Avenue north of C Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Site of Lincoln Conspirators Gallows

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.