April 15 is usually tax day in the United States. This is the due date when US citizens must file tax returns. But it’s 2011 and tax day isn’t Friday, April 15. Instead, taxes must be filed by midnight on April 18, 2011. Typically, the only reason tax day is after the 15th is when the 15th falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
Why is April 18th Tax Day in 2011?
It’s for the Emancipation Day holiday in Washington, DC. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act on April 16, 1862 to free slaves in the District of Columbia. In observance of the DC holiday, Tax Day 2011 was moved up one business day to Monday, April 18.
When were the slaves emancipated?
The Compensated Emancipation Act of April 16, 1862 freed some 3,000 slaves.
Most American children are taught about the Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862. Under this executive order, the President of the United States immediately freed 50,000 slaves and proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation’s 4 million slaves as of January 1, 1863. So, two more emancipation dates we could celebrate.
The Emancipation Proclamation did not cover nearly 500,000 slaves in the Union slave-holding border states of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, or Delaware. These slaves were freed by separate state and federal actions. So more freedom from slavery dates.
Although freedom was proclaimed on many dates, slavery did not officially end in the United States until after the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865.
What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth is another celebration of emancipation. News of the end of slavery and the Emancipation Proclamation did not reach slaves in Texas until June 19, 1865. June 19 marks the date Major General Gordon Granger and Union Army troops arrived to Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of the Civil War and the freedom of all slaves. The name Juneteenth is a portmanteau of June nineteen. It is recognized as a state holiday in 37 states in the United States.
Another Freedom Day in Texas
Texas used to be Mexican Texas. The Texas Declaration of Independence, adopted on March 2, 1836, created the Republic of Texas. Therefore, the State of Texas has an official holiday called Texas Independence Day.
When is the Independence Day of the United States?
The United States federal holiday is July 4. Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July, is considered the national day of the United States. It commemorates the Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on July 4, 1776. Fireworks on the Fourth of July are a tradition. While many holidays have been moved to fall on a Monday, Independence Day is always celebrated on the 4th of July.
What is Tax Freedom Day?
Each year, the Tax Foundation, a fiscally conservative think tank, estimates how long it will take Americans to earn enough money to pay their federal, state and local tax bills. for 2011 is one hundred and one days! So this year’s Tax Freedom Day was April 12. It is estimated that Americans will pay more in taxes in 2011 than they will spend on groceries, clothing, and housing combined. Is it a day you celebrate?
To demonstrate how the tax compromise passed in December 2010 is affecting your 2011 taxes, the Obama administration created a “Tax Cut Calculator.” The whitehouse.gov calculator considers four provisions of the tax law: the 2% cut in the employee portion of Social Security payroll tax, the child tax credit, the earned income tax credit, and the American Opportunity Tax Credit for college tuition.
What is the tea party?
The first Tea Party was on December 16, 1773. The Boston Tea Party was the action that ignited the series of events that led to the American Revolution and independence. The colonists, angered by unfair taxes, boarded ships and destroyed the tea by dumping it into Boston Harbor. It was about freedom from taxes without representation.
2009 rejected a modern Tea Party movement. The Tea Party Patriots, as they call themselves, are grassroots political activists for reduced government spending, opposition to taxes to varying degrees, reduction of the national debt and federal budget deficit, and adherence to an originalist interpretation of the United States Constitution.
let’s celebrate freedom
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution affirms freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom to petition the government for redress of grievances, and freedom to protest. Tax Day Tea Party Rallies is just another exercise in American freedom.