Today the flag of the United States flies in honor of Veterans’ Day and the flag of the State of Washington flies in celebration of the state’s admission to the union on November 11, 1889.
According to the hive mind at wikipedia, Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. It began, and now coincides with other holidays, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which are commemorated in other countries, marking the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. At the urging of major U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.
On November 11, 1889, Washington was admitted as the 42nd state of the Union. The flag of Washington consists of the state seal, displaying an image of its namesake George Washington, on a field of dark green. It is the only U.S. state flag with a field of green as well as the only state flag with the image of an American president. It was adopted on March 5, 1923.
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