American Legion Post 379 of Bethlehem is among them. Members will gather in a parking lot near 8th Avenue and Schoenersville Road on Saturday evening to retire some 20,000 flags, the vast majority ...

Hanging an American flag upside-down is a nationally recognized signal of 'distress,' but is also considered disrespectful. The act is recognized as protected free speech under the First Amendment.

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 flag display is framed by U.S. Code as a sign of disrespect, except when it's used to signal "dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property." ...

But this year’s visitors witnessed more than firefall on Feb. 22. They also saw an upside-down American flag, which Yosemite employees reportedly hung over the side of El Capitan to protest the ...

Chicago pastor Father Michael Pfleger protested the Trump administration by hanging an upside-down American flag outside his church. The move symbolizes a nation in distress, according to Pfleger.

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 ...

At its best, flags can be powerful symbols. Flags can represent pride, hope, resilience, history, and the future. At the worst, they are symbols of hate and can incite fear and trigger trauma ...

That's because the flag on an American servicemember's uniform is backward. That is to say, the canton (the top left corner), which houses the blue field of 50 white stars, is in the upper right.

That flag was given to Bruce Patire’s father, an American solider, as the war was ending in 1945. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox!