Anand K Sankaran captured footage, and told media-gathering website Storyful the flag was hung upside-down ... which are every American’s properties," Gavin Carpenter, a Yosemite maintenance ...

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 ...

Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Flying the American flag upside down is a symbol that has sparked debate and controversy in the United States. Traditionally ...

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 ...

By Michael Levenson A small group of protesters hung an inverted American flag — historically used as a sign of distress — off the side of El Capitan, a towering rock formation in Yosemite ...

open image in gallery American flag flies upside down at a home ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall in Treasure Island, Florida on October 7, 2024 (AFP via Getty Images) Historically ...

On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history. Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up ...

The most iconic of these shows six Marines raising the American flag, using their bodies to push the flagpole upright and mark Allied dominance of the island. The photograph actually depicts the ...