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 ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump told lawmakers that U.S. astronauts will one day carry the American flag to Mars and beyond during a speech before the joint session of Congress late Tuesday (March 5).

“We’re bringing attention to what’s happening to the parks, which are every American’s ... An upside-down flag display is framed by U.S. Code as a sign of disrespect, except when it's ...

“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 ...

The U.S. Flag Code states that the American flag should never be upside down "except as a signal of dire distress in instance of extreme danger to life or property." Once a signal of distress for ...