Yosemite National Park staffers hung an American flag upside down from the park's El Capitan summit over the weekend to ...

A photograph accurately shows a U.S. "distress" flag hung upside down from the side of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park ...

As visitors descended on Yosemite National Park to witness its iconic “Firefall” event, an upside-down American flag was hung ...

The terminations at national parks and forests have left workers bewildered and worried not only for themselves but for the ...

Yosemite National Park staff hung an upside-down U.S. flag on El Capitan summit to protest staff firings at the park by the ...

The flag was reportedly hung over the side of El Capitan as a sign of protest by Yosemite employees concerned about the ...

A group of climbers, some who used to work for the Park Service, intended to raise awareness about how recent federal job ...

Yosemite employees hung the flag over the side of El Capitan to protest the recent downsizing that took place as part of the ...

A "distress" signal hung on one of Yosemite ... by sunset," the park's website says. Flying a flag upside down is traditionally a sign of "dire distress," the United States Flag Code states.

The Department of the Interior told USA TODAY it was aware of the "unauthorized and inappropriate" display, which was eventually taken down.