After 1,000 National Park Service employees were abruptly fired Feb. 14, staff have banded together to signal “dire distress” by hanging the American flag upside down off Yosemite’s El Capitan. The ...
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.
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.
An American flag was hung upside down from El Capitan in Yosemite ... policies could "lead to profound harms to public lands and waters across the country." Yosemite National Park employees who were ...
An American flag was hung upside down from El Capitan ... profound harms to public lands and waters across the country." Yosemite National Park employees who were fired also say that they worry ...