Federal law allows the American flag to be flown upside down, but only as a “signal of dire distress." Why has it been seen lately?

When flying the flag at half-staff alongside other flags, all flags should be lowered to the half-staff position, but the U.S. flag should still be raised first and lowered last.

A FLAG WITH A VIEW — A panoramic vista can be seen from the 30-by-20 American flag atop an 80-foot pole off Aqueduct Road, Duncannon. A high-reach life was used to complete the flag pole.

Instead of a convention, a 400-pound American flag has taken over the floor of the Mountain America Exposition Center in Sandy as the Stars and Stripes prepares to fly high over a Utah canyon.

U.S. flags should fly at half-staff from sunrise until noon. At noon, flags should be “raised briskly” to the top of the staff. Flags should be flown at full-staff until sunset on Memorial Day.