Soldiers and Sailors Buried at Mt. Pleasant Plains Cemetery, 1870-1890

Historical marker location:

1965 Calvert Street Northwest, Adams Morgan, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of Calvert Street Northwest and Biltmore Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east on Calvert Street Northwest.)

(Walter Pierce Park)

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.