Historically, flying the U.S. flag upside down is recognized as a distress signal. According to the U.S. Flag Code, an ...

Answer: Whether or not you are in an HOA, a federal law allows the American flag to be flown upside down as a “signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property” (e.g ...

Two climbers were met with an upside down U.S. flag after summiting Flagpole Peak above the Echo Lakes on Tuesday, June 10.

It’s Flag Day, a day that honors the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777. The original resolution declared ...

When Frank Schissler died more than two decades ago in Arkansas, a 5-foot-by-9.5-foot flag was tightly folded in the traditional triangular military style and presented to his son, Tom. Frank ...

KEARNEY — James Clark said it’s his First Amendment right to fly the American flag upside down, but he wishes it wasn’t necessary. Flying an inverted flag is the universal signal of distress ...

June 14 is Flag Day and Trump's birthday, but one group is urging Americans to fly their flags upside down. Why? Here's what to know.

Flying the flag upside down is, according to the US flag code “a signal of dire distress in instance of extreme danger to life or property”. It was appropriate that Yosemite, ...

Cohan’s famous verse reminds us that a flag can call a nation back to its core values in times of distress. But, in a nation ...

An American flag should never be displayed upside down except as a signal of dire distress, in instances such as danger to life or property, according to the U.S. Flag Code.

A growing number of Sonoma County residents are flying Old Glory as one does in the military to signal distress.