Members of the Alt National Park Service, who have labeled themselves the official "resistance" team of the National Park Service, hung a huge American flag upside down on the side of El Capitan ...

The inverted American flag was found over the weekend hanging from El Capitan. The move is to protest the Trump administration's latest move to lay off 1,000 National Park Service employees.

An image of an upside-down U.S. flag hanging off the side of the famous El Capitan peak in Yosemite, for instance, spread across Reddit and Instagram. One post stated, "Brilliant protest.

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. Rating: In February 2025, U.S. President Donald ...

The flag was hung on the top of the famed El Capitan summit, a 3,000-foot vertical rock formation in Mariposa County, California, on Saturday evening by a group of upset Yosemite employees.

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An American flag was hung upside down on El Capitan at Yosemite National Park on Saturday following the firing of about 1,000 National Park Service employees by the Trump administration.

Photos taken by a former employee show an American flag hung upside down on the park's infamous El Capitan, a 3,000-foot wall of sheer granite and possibly the world's most fabled rock face.