Employees of Yosemite National Park hung an upside-down flag on El Capitan to protest the Trump administration’s firing of about 1,000 park service employees.
The group of protesters said in a statement to the press that the “purpose of this exercise of free speech is to disrupt without violence and draw attention to the fact that public lands in the United States are under attack.”
It added that firing thousands of staff “regardless of position or performance across the nation is the first step in destabilizing the protections in place for these great places.”
Hanging the flag upside down is a recognized symbol of distress.
