Day of demonstrations to demand President Donald J. Trump show the American people his tax returns as have every other president for the past 40 years. Join in marches across the nation including one at Jon Dam Plaza in Richland, Washington, or sign the White House petition calling on Trump to release his tax returns.

This year the Earth Day Network and the March for Science are organizing  nonpartisan marches to champion support for science funding  and science-based policy.

The deadline for filing income taxes is usually April 15, but is extended to April 18 in 2017 because the 15th falls on a Saturday and the District of Columbia celebrates Emancipation day on the following Monday. So we get an extra 3 days to procrastinate.

Related popular practices are associated with Shrovetide celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent. In countries such as England, Mardi Gras is also known as Shrove Tuesday, which is derived from the word shrive, meaning “confess”.