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HTML

<p>The <span id="replace">Flag of the United States of America</span> is a brilliant flag. </p>

CSS

#replace {
    text-indent: -9999px;
    background: url('http://i.imgur.com/da29E.png') no-repeat center bottom;
    width: 16px;
    height: 14px;
    display: inline-block;
}