But this year’s visitors witnessed more than firefall on February 22. They also saw an upside-down American flag, which Yosemite employees reportedly hung over the side of El Capitan to protest ...

Many people now claim the American flag on these websites has a new design. Some on social media suggest it happened when Trump took office and that it's a nod to the first Confederate flag.

By Michael Levenson A small group of protesters hung an inverted American flag — historically used as a sign of distress — off the side of El Capitan, a towering rock formation in Yosemite ...