"Where flowers bloom, so does hope"
Historical marker location:
104 Boundary Channel Drive, Columbia Island, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Boundary Channel Drive, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2021
Claudia Alta Taylor Lady Bird Johnson. Lady Bird Johnson Park - George Washington Memorial Parkway
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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.