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The American flag is seen unfurled upside down at Yosemite National Park, California, on Saturday, February 22, 2025. - courtesy Ajanthan Hariharan.
An upside-down American flag was hung on a Yosemite summit to protest job cuts by the Trump administration. ... An upside-down flag display is framed by U.S. Code as a sign of disrespect, ...
The upside-down American flag gained wide attention recently after revelations that it was flown outside the Alexandria, Virginia, home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after the Jan. 6, 2021 ...
Protesters in Miami with upside down U.S. flags. The original meaning of displaying a U.S. flag upside down is "a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property." [155] More recently, it has been used by extension to make a statement about distress in civic, political, or other areas. [156]
The veteran organization The American Legion weighed in on the upside-down American flag controversy, noting flags should only be flown this way if there is "extreme danger to life or property."
Flag burning is only permitted, in the case of proper disposal of the flag. [105] A crucial point of etiquette for the Philippine flag is that flying it upside-down (i.e., red field over blue), or vertically hanging it with the red to the viewer's left, makes it the national war standard.
The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. [9] The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature. [9] The flag should never be upside down, except to signal distress or great danger.
The upside-down American flag gained wide attention recently after revelations that it was flown outside the Alexandria, Virginia, home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters seeking to halt the certification of the 2020 presidential election results. A flag like that was carried ...