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American Flag Flown Upside Down in Yosemite Protest
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. The group of protesters said in a statement to Newsweek that the "purpose of this exercise of free speech is to disrupt without violence and draw attention to the fact that public lands in the United States are under attack.
Protesters Display Upside-Down American Flag at Yosemite
Organizers said the inverted flag, historically used as a sign distress, was meant to draw attention to the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Park Service.
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An upside-down flag signals distress. St. Sabina's senior pastor Rev. Michael Pfleger said the flag outside the church will stay inverted “as long as this country is under siege.”
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The flag was reportedly hung over the side of El Capitan as a sign of protest by Yosemite employees concerned about the recent downsizing carried out as part of the Trump administration’s cost-cutting initiatives.
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The upside-down flag was placed on the cliff face of El Capitan at the national park. A group of National Park Service demonstrators unfurled an upside-down American flag on the cliff face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park on Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s mass firing of park rangers.
Saint Sabina Church flies U.S. flag upside down in protest of Trump administration
The flag-raising at Saint Sabina follows a similar protest at Yosemite National Park over the weekend, where frustrated Park Service employees raised their own upside-down flag in response to recent cuts.
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The flag — traditionally a symbol of distress when upside down — was hung on El Capitan summit at Yosemite Saturday night by frustrated park workers.
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Upside down US flag hung over El Capitan in Yosemite National Park
Six demonstrators rappelled down to hang the inverted American flag over the cliff in a stunt to protest the latest moves by the Trump administration.
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