Associated Press - April 15, 2009 5:45 PM ET

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Hundreds of demonstrators in upstate New York cities railed against taxes and big government as part of tax-day protests being held across the country.

More than 1,000 gathered at Albany's Corning Preserve along the Hudson River, carrying American flags and anti-tax signs and singing patriotic songs. Some dressed in Revolutionary War garb and one dressed as Uncle Sam.

About 300 to 400 people listened to speeches and marched around the James F. Hanley Federal Building at a noontime rally in downtown Syracuse. In Rome, a tea party protest was planned outside Fort Stanwix.

In Buffalo, a rally across from City Hall attracted a crowd of about 150 office workers, citizen activists and parents with children. Some carried signs with messages such as "I am not your ATM."

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