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A photograph accurately shows a U.S. "distress" flag hung upside down from the side of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park by a group of employees.

A bill which would redesign the Washington State flag has been blasted as "un-American" by state Republicans who fear a ...

"We’re bringing attention to what’s happening to the parks, which are every American ... for our national symbols is unacceptable. The NPS does not condone such actions, and the flag was ...

Newsweek has contacted the National Park Service for comment via ... The U.S. Flag Code states that the American flag should never be upside down "except as a signal of dire distress in instance ...

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An inverted American flag, which was displayed at Yosemite National Park in February 2025, is a historic symbol of dire distress.

“National Park Service rangers have pulled off a brilliant action in Yosemite Park on El Capitan by deploying a massive American flag upside down in the traditional sign of distress or extreme ...

Traditionally, hanging the American flag upside down symbolizes a distress ... In 2023, Yosemite was the sixth busiest national park in the country, with 3.89 million visitors.

You Dozens of people were protesting for the workers who were laid off in Yosemite National Park. They even flew the American flag upside down off El Capitan. 1000 National Park workers were told ...