Although upside-down flags used to be a literal signal to allies that the people there were in distress, more recently it's also become a symbol of a nation in distress. Some who incorrectly ...

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

Laid-off employees who hung a U.S. flag upside-down at Yosemite National Park in a sign of "distress" said the action was a call to protect the nation's public lands from privatization and to ...

Organizers said the inverted flag, historically used as a sign of distress, was meant to draw attention to the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Park Service. By Michael Levenson A ...

“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 ...

Flying the American flag upside down is often done during times of distress or unrest. An American flag was hung upside down over El Capitan in Yosemite National Park over the weekend to protest ...