Margaret Peters and Roumania Peters Walker Rose Park Tennis Courts

Historical marker location:

2609 Dumbarton St NW, Georgetown, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Dumbarton Street Northwest just east of 27th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2015

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.