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.

Retired Sergeant First Class Joy Marver, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during a rocket attack in Iraq, was laid off ...

The upside-down flag drew widespread attention on social media because hundreds of visitors were photographing an annual phenomenon in the park known as firefall, when the setting sun causes a ...

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

A Feb. 23 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) by The Other 98% includes an image showing an upside-down U.S. flag draped alongside a mountain. “National Park Service rangers have pulled ...

But this year’s visitors witnessed more than firefall on February 22. They also saw an upside-down American flag, which Yosemite employees reportedly hung over the side of El Capitan to protest ...

An American flag was hung upside down from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park on Saturday in protest of the Trump administration's cuts to the federal workforce, which included thousands of ...

As visitors descended on Yosemite National Park to witness its iconic “Firefall” event, an upside-down American flag was hung on a park summit to protest the ongoing federal job cuts carried ...

The upside-down flag was intentionally hung close to the waterfall. “It’s super important we take care of them, and we’re losing people here, and it’s not sustainable if we want to keep ...

An upside-down American flag attached to Boulder’s Second Flatiron, noticed the latest round of federal employee layoffs hit NOAA and NWS offices across the country, has been removed by city staff.