The letters forming the indicator are then encoded to create the Unicode for any flag emoji. While the United States is represented by US, the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands are represented by UM ...

"We treated the study lounge as their private space," said UM chief legal counsel David Aronofsky on Friday. "Therefore, the flag was OK in an area that it wasn't normally allowed to be." ...

"The Star-Spangled Banner," Francis Scott Key's famed song that went on to become the United States' national anthem, pays tribute to a flag that has symbolized the American experiment for centuries.

“Similarly, DoD jump teams may not incorporate the US flag in their public demonstrations if the flag cannot be caught reliably and handled respectfully by ground personnel during landings.