Navy and Marine Memorial

Historical marker location:

Columbia Island, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Mount Vernon Trail, 0.1 miles west of 14th Street Bridge (Interstate 395), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1990

Dedicated to Americans Lost at Sea

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.