T here are few things more quintessentially American than Yosemite National Park, which is why so many people were alarmed by the news that there's currently a flag flying upside-down inside the park.

Traditionally, hanging the American flag upside down symbolizes a distress call. Gavin Carpenter, a maintenance mechanic with Yosemite, spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday and said he ...

An upside-down American flag was hung on a Yosemite summit to protest job cuts by the Trump administration. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

Nature lovers flock to Yosemite National Park every February to witness the majestic "firefall" event, but this year’s crowds were met a different spectacle: an upside-down American flag hung on ...

Employees of Yosemite National Park hung an upside-down flag on El Capitan to protest the Trump administration's firing of about 1,000 park service employees.

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 National Park, on ...

AT Yosemite National Park, an upside-down American flag hung on a summit to protest the Trump administration’s cuts of national park service employees.

Why there’s an upside-down American flag hanging in Yosemite National Park. Yosemite employees hung the flag over the side of El Capitan to protest the recent downsizing that took place as part ...

The American flag is seen unfurled upside down at Yosemite National Park, California, on Saturday, February 22, 2025. courtesy Ajanthan Hariharan CNN — ...

Trump administration fires thousands of U.S. Forest and National Park Service workers 03:09. An American flag was hung upside down from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park on Saturday in protest ...

Yosemite National Park staffers hung an American flag upside down from the park's El Capitan summit over the weekend to protest recent layoffs by the Trump administration.