Americans are concerned about what a nine star flag means in place of the standard 50 stars and 13 stripes on the American flag.

First codified in 1923 by, I shit you not, the National Americanism Commission, the Flag Code was officially written into law in 1942. The timing allowed Congress to discreetly replace the original code’s “Bellamy salute”—a stiff arm raised at a 45-degree angle—with the modern, hand-over-the-heart gesture we use today.

A search of website archives confirmed the small, nine-star American flag icon existed prior to U.S. President Donald Trump's second administration.