When can an American flag be flown upside down and why can an HOA prohibit a homeowner from doing so? Find out in this week's real estate law column.

A photograph accurately shows a U.S. "distress" flag hung upside down from the side of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park by a group of employees.

"We’re bringing attention to what’s happening to the parks, which are every American ... for our national symbols is unacceptable. The NPS does not condone such actions, and the flag was ...

A bill which would redesign the Washington State flag has been blasted as "un-American" by state Republicans who fear a ...

Newsweek has contacted the National Park Service for comment via ... The U.S. Flag Code states that the American flag should never be upside down "except as a signal of dire distress in instance ...

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

Scott claims "loopholes" in a law passed in 2024 still allow Chinese companies to sell American flags on e-commerce platforms ...

A "distress" signal hung on one of Yosemite National Park's most iconic sites by staff members was done in protest of recent layoffs by the Trump administration. The inverted Stars and Stripes ...

You Dozens of people were protesting for the workers who were laid off in Yosemite National Park. They even flew the American flag upside down off El Capitan. 1000 National Park workers were told ...

Traditionally, hanging the American flag upside down symbolizes a distress ... In 2023, Yosemite was the sixth busiest national park in the country, with 3.89 million visitors.