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Why Is The American Flag Flying Upside Down At The Capitol?
https://wltreport.com ^ | 5/17/2023 | Anthony T

Posted on 05/17/2023 4:59:56 PM PDT by bitt

A strange happening occurred at the Capitol on Tuesday afternoon.

On Tuesday, several photos showing the American flag upside at the Capitol went viral on Twitter.

The flag garnered so much attention because traditionally if the American flag is upside down then it symbolizes “dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.”

Take a look:

🚨Just in: The American Flag is flying upside down at the top of the US Senate on the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. According to the U.S. Flag Code, flying the American flag upside down is only meant to be done "as a signal of distress in instances of extreme danger to life or… pic.twitter.com/B45lIAZ3Dj

— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) May 16, 2023

🚨#BREAKING: U.S. Flag at Top of Senate on U.S. Capitol Flies Upside Down

📌#Washington l #DC

Currently photos shows the U.S. American flag appears to be flying upside down at the top of the senate on the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. According to the U.S. Flag Code, flying… pic.twitter.com/tzOCJShvvd

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) May 16, 2023

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: americanflag; donatefreerepublic; thecapitol; upside
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To: joshua c

A ‘mast’ is on a ship.

A ‘staff’ is on the ground.


21 posted on 05/17/2023 6:18:47 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: bitt

Title 4 section 8. I have been flying mine upside down since 2020.


22 posted on 05/17/2023 6:25:58 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: KingLudd

Yeah, either hanging from one grommet or got twisted in the wind, or both. I work across the street from a post office. I’ve seen their flag do some pretty interesting things!


23 posted on 05/17/2023 6:27:55 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: eastforker

Actually the upside down flag as a message of distress was the Union Jack. At first glance a foreigner wouldn’t notice but a british national would. Mostly meant to be used with ships at sea.>>> Yes Title 4 section 8.


24 posted on 05/17/2023 6:29:15 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: bitt

America has been overrun by the enemy within


25 posted on 05/17/2023 6:38:52 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: bitt

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K2XSAuMIxsI

From about 3:44 to 5:15 he shows the flags flown correctly and explains that there was something wrong with the flag which appeared to be upside down and the problem had been corrected.


26 posted on 05/17/2023 6:44:22 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (God is good, He loves us, and He is always with us.)
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To: All

It’s the new 57 state flag designed by Barack Mubama.

See, at the time people thought it was some odd slip of the tongue but he was apparently counting Mexico, Guatemala, honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama and Venezuela as states.


27 posted on 05/17/2023 6:47:00 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (In leftspeak, "disproven false claim" means fact. "Intolerance" means revulsion. "Progress" =failure)
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To: bitt

our country has never been in so much danger as it is today


28 posted on 05/17/2023 7:01:43 PM PDT by SisterK (it's controlled demolition)
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To: bitt; Lou Foxwell; Openurmind; Leaning Right; jimwatx; rllngrk33; Beowulf9; Tijeras_Slim; ...
It was the same day as the release of the Durham Report... oooo-eee-ooo!
29 posted on 05/18/2023 10:33:48 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (“There is no good government at all & none possible.”--Mark Twain)
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To: Albion Wilde

Whether intentional or not, it was an interesting symbol!


30 posted on 05/18/2023 11:02:23 AM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: Albion Wilde

Coincidence?


31 posted on 05/18/2023 11:02:28 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Albion Wilde

The question is: was it photoshopped or real?


32 posted on 05/18/2023 8:49:59 PM PDT by MrChips ("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine )
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