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 ...

This is, of course, in stark contrast to the actual American flag, which features 50 stars and 13 stripes. So what does a nine star flag mean in the U.S.? The American people have some concerns.

The most iconic of these shows six Marines raising the American flag, using their bodies to push the flagpole upright and mark Allied dominance of the island. The photograph actually depicts the ...