Sheen Hok Gate

Historical marker location:

900 23rd Street Northwest, Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of 23rd Street Northwest and I Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north on 23rd Street Northwest.)

Marker installed: 2002

"Learning and Using in the Proper Way"

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.