When can an American flag be flown upside down and why can an HOA prohibit a homeowner from doing so? Find out in this week's ...

Answer: Whether or not you are in an HOA, a federal law allows the American flag to be flown upside down as a “signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property” (e.g ...

Question: In a recent column, you said that a homeowner association can generally prohibit a homeowner from flying the U.S. flag upside down. Is that a state or federal law or some bogus HOA rule?

The University of St. Thomas on Wednesday apologized for a contractor hanging the American flag upside down on its downtown ...

The University of St. Thomas says an American flag that was flying incorrectly was a mistake made by a security contractor ...

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

“We’re bringing attention to what’s happening to the parks, which are every American’s properties ... The tradition of hanging the flag upside down to indicate distress allegedly ...

“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 ...

Instead Marver sought and received treatment from a Veteran Affairs Crisis Clinic, and has since hung the American flag outside her house upside ... down, except as a signal of dire distress ...