This year marks the 100th anniversary since the passage of the 19th Amendment, which prohibited the government from denying the right to vote on the basis of sex.

The Kennedy Center, the Department of the Interior, and a slew of Smithsonians will also be lit up tonight.

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the amendment, which granted women the right to vote.

The House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday to establish a Smithsonian Women’s History Museum.

Mayor Gray has proclaimed it so.

It’s certainly a win for D.C. that the Frederick Douglass statue is moving to the U.S. Capitol, but his historic advocacy for D.C. suffrage should not be forgotten.