“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” 
"In these days, when it seems a malaise is gripping the country and some believe we are beginning to tear ourselves asunder, the flag we fly as a symbol of our free nation rarely fails to fill our hearts with a love of country, a spirit of pride and patriotism, and a rememberance of our forefathers who worked and fought for the founding and continuation of a country of free people." -anonymous
On this day we honor the statehood of Montana, admitted to the Union in 1889. They received their star on the American flag as one of five new states – including the Dakotas, Washington and Idaho – included on the 43-star flag.
Today we raise the flag of the United States of America.
Although there are many anniversaries of presidential elections within the first few days of November, today's stands out: the anniversary of the election of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, who led the country during its darkest days. We post the state flag of Illinois today in his honor. 
Today is Election Day in the United States, the “first Tuesday following the first Monday”, and even though this is not a presidential election year, we decided to hoist the flag of the presidential seal to mark the occasion, as almost all of our presidents have been elected in the first week of November. Other issues, from governor's races to local school and tax questions, are being decided across the country today. If ever there was anything to celebrate in this country, it is the continuation of democracy in action by secret ballot of all citizens.
According to The American Patriot's Almanac (by William Bennett and John T. E. Cribb), today is the anniversary of the acquisition of what would become the first ship in the United States Navy by the Continental Congress in 1775. In honor of the Alfred (the rechristened Black Prince), today we raise the First Navy Jack flag, still in use today during the War On Terror.
On this day we fly Old Glory as our historical flag of choice to celebrate the end of another era of the Revolutionary War, as this is generally recognized as the day in 1783 when the Continental Army was demobilized following a resolution by Congress in October and the publishing of General George Washington's farewell orders, given to the Philadelphia papers on November 2. The Continental Army, against all odds, had defeated the British two years before at Yorktown, cementing the independence of the new nation. Now it was time for members of the Army to go home and resume their lives not as subjects, but as citizens of a new nation.
Today, we raise three flags in honor of the statehood of North and South Dakota. Both states were admitted to the Union on this date in 1889 as the 39th and 40th states, although no one knows in which order they became states, as President Benjamin Harrison reportedly had the papers shuffled so no one would know which state could claim to be the first of the two admitted. The 43-star flag, first used on July 4, 1890, added five stars from the previous version, representing the Dakotas, Idaho, Montana and Washington. 
