Yosemite climbers hang upside-down flag protesting job cuts

Yosemite climbers hang upside-down flag protesting job cuts: ‘We need help’
A group of climbers, some who used to work for the Park Service, intended to raise awareness about how recent federal job cuts could threaten the country’s parks.
American flag hung upside down in Yosemite National Park in protest over layoffs
Yosemite National Park staffers hung an American flag upside down from the park's El Capitan summit over the weekend to protest recent layoffs by the Trump administration.
Workers hung upside-down US flag from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park
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: True (About this rating?) In February 2025,
Upside-down U.S flag hung at Yosemite National Park by workers protesting job cuts
A group of workers at California's Yosemite National Park positioned the U.S. flag on Saturday near the Horsetail Fall​ where crowds gather to witness Yosemite's annual firefall​.
Protesters Display Upside-Down American Flag at Yosemite
Organizers said the inverted flag, historically used as a sign of distress, was meant to draw attention to the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Park Service.
American Flag Flown Upside Down in Yosemite Protest
Demonstrators unfurled the flag against El Capitan to protest the Trump administration's cuts to the National Park Service.
Fired Yosemite workers say upside-down US flag was a call to protect public lands
The terminations at national parks and forests have left workers bewildered and worried not only for themselves but for the future of America's public lands, and they fear the cuts could be the first step in privatizing millions of acres of wilderness.
Yosemite National Park: Reason Why American Flag Was Seen Hanging Upside-Down in US
Yosemite National Park employees protested the President Trump administration's downsizing by hanging an upside-down American flag over El Capitan.
Yosemite Climbers Hang U.S. Flag Upside-Down on El Capitan in Protest
The inverted flag is considered a sign of distress or an imminent threat to the country. It was displayed as a protest against massive job cuts in parks.
Why an upside-down American flag was hung in Yosemite National Park
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.
Upside-down U.S flag hung at Yosemite National Park to protest employee cuts
Nature lovers flock to Yosemite National Park every February to witness the majestic "firefall" event, but this year’s crowds were met a different spectacle: an upside-down American flag hung on a summit to protest the Trump administration’s cuts of national park service employees.
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