Personal distress There have been some notable instances in American history when the flag was flown upside down. Overturning of Roe v. Wade The Flint, Michigan, water crisis Sept. 11 terrorist attack ...

An upside-down American flag, a symbol for distress associated with the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, was flown at Supreme Court Justice Alito’s house in 2021, a report found.

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 ...