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

We at Saint Sabina’s in Chicago have chosen to raise the U.S. flag upside down to say what’s happening is wrong and unacceptable.

Demonstrators unfurled a giant ‘Distress flag’ after 11 full-time Yosemite staff members were laid off amid the Trump administration’s federal employee purge ...

One post stated, "Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ...

The upside-down flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — was strung near the falls and clearly visible. “We’re bringing attention to what’s happening to the parks ...

Pfleger announced the church would fly the American flag upside-down: traditionally a sign of distress. Organizers said the upside-down flag is a symbol that America is in a state of emergency ...