The :-( was not for Denmark but for what St. Thomas & St. Croix have become. After one hurricane or another in the 1980's the only way order was restored on St. Thomas was then the MP units of the 82nd Airborne Division made a combat jump onto the Island and President Reagan declared Martial Law. Very different from the BVIdanmand said:Major immigration of danes to the US happened from the late 1800 to
1920. In particular, a large number of danes immigrated from the territory, that germany took from Denmark in 1864.
St john, St Croix and St Thomas were danish unrtil the US made Denmark an
offer shet could not refuse in 1917.

