Emancipation Day has bumped Confiscation Day from its traditional April 15th deadline to the 18th. You ask what Emancipation Day is. It is a local holiday celebrated in the city that has ironically subjugated 53% Americans to a state of servitude; thanks to the 16th Amendment.
On April 16, 1862 Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Compensation Act freeing over 3000 slaves in the District of Columbia. It became an official holiday on January 4, 2005 celebrated only in D.C.
Maybe one day, that 53% of Americans will have a similar day of celebration. Maybe one day the 16th Amendment will be repealed and the federal bureaucratic yoke will be smashed to pieces. Maybe someday …
Source: http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/emancipation-day
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-04-15/opinion/hodge.non.taxpayers_1_income-tax-tax-policy-center-credits-and-deductions?_s=PM:OPINION
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