Users on social media noticed that the flag outside of the State Department building in D.C. is flying upside down and they ...

But when it was hoisted up the flagpole earlier this month it was accidentally hung upside down ... stripe must be seen flying above the red diagonal stripe in the top edge of the flag closest ...

Flag-waving fervour is coming into vogue as Washington talks of trade war and annexation. Where will this new national pride take us?

The upside-down flag ... the U.S. flag. The flag code also includes other guidelines, such as never carrying the flag flat or horizontally, and not displaying its stars and stripes on clothing.