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Tax Day Tea Parties

Santa Ana

Santa Ana police on horseback watch as protesters leave an anti-tax rally at the Santa Ana Civic Center. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Canine contribution

Alex Gudino of Cerritos lets his dog parade his message around the anti-tax rally at the Santa Ana Civic Center. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Tax list

Cathy Godoy of Santa Ana wears tags listing various taxes at the Santa Ana Civic Center rally. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Symbolism

Annette Beason, a registered nurse from Tustin, rims her sun hat with tea bags to represent the spirit of the anti-tax tea party in Santa Ana. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Crowd

A crowd estimated at more than 1,000 people gathers at the Santa Ana Civic Center for the anti-tax rally. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Glendale

Protesters gather at Glendale City Hall in one of many Tax Day tea parties.. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Many ages

Sabrina Bertino-Clarke, 8, adds her voice to those of about 250 protesters at Glendale City Hall. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Sign of the times

Wearing her tea bag earrings and toting a sign, Rita Jett, 55, of Santa Clarita joins the Glendale protest. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Old Glory

Matthew Arnall, 10, holds the flag during the Glendale anti-tax rally. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Shouting out

John Arnall, 6, center, adds his lung power to the Glendale protest. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Tea toss

Don Dwyer hurls a box symbolically labeled “tea” into the water in Annapolis, Md., during an anti-tax protest. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)

Mad

Demonstrators participate in a tea party protest at the Federal Building Plaza in Chicago. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

Pants

Donna Millwood and Sue Easterly, not seen, hold up their “britches” sign as tax protesters gather outside the federal building in Anchorage. (Al Grillo / Associated Press)

Signs

Demonstrators against taxes and President Obama stage a protest in Staten Island, N.Y. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images)

Statue

Tamara Schirrmacher, dressed as the Statue of Liberty, holds chains that she says represent the national debt during an anti-tax rally in Pleasanton, Calif. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)

Money

A man holds up a fistful of money to show support for demonstrators as he drives by an anti-tax rally in Nashville. (Mark Humphrey / Associated Press)