United States and POW/MIA flags were spotted hung upside down at three separate sites in southern Brooklyn Friday – including ...

Hanging the American flag upside down is considered a distress signal under the U.S. flag code, but it’s also widely used as a stunt to show disrespect for the U.S. and its government.

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

Now that will help us all. Upside down day – sometimes you just cannot make these things up. Gary Franks served three terms as a congressman from Connecticut’s 5th District.

Traffic continued to flow freely, though. Many people waved American flags, though some were modified. Most were rightside up, but some were hung upside down, regarded as a symbol of distress.

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 ...

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.

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.