ReclaimOurFlag
Our Flag in Distress
Our Flag when flown upside is a sign of urgent distress per THE FLAG CODE Title 36, U.S.C., Chapter 10, as amended by P.L. 344, 94th Congress Approved July 7, 1976. We suggest though we are a Nation in distress - as we are engaged and fighting for our Democracy for as long as it is necessary - the Flag should be displayed normally.
Disturbing to see it this way.
Lapel Flag pin that was fed up with lying.
Trump Spokesman S. Spicer March 2017.
This New York Veteran has chosen to fly his flag
"in distress" since Trump's Inauguration.
Unclear if charges as of March 2017:
This Veteran had a specific case in 2010 about the healthcare of Veterans at the VA Hospital. For flying his flag "in distress" he was charged with a crime. We support all First Amendment protected speech. He won his case ultimately:
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Stone Rock, March 2017. Protest for water rights on Native American land. Under imminent threat of physical removal from peaceful protest site by heavily-armed Federal agents and local police. This use of the distressed Flag - and cause - we support.