In November of 1783 the Continental Army marches in to New York, as the British troops leave. All soldiers wore black & white ribbons to symbolize our allegiance with France. Does this mean the b&w striping used for D-Day was not solely tactical - but of historical significance as well?

I've never seen reference to any historical significance of the black and white colours of invasion stripes, they appear to have been selected purely for recognition purposes starting in December 1942 to differentiate Hawker Typhoons from Focke-Wulf 190s - see What was the point of the invasion stripes on planes during D-day? for further details including a section of the April 18th 1944 "Distinctive Marking - Aircraft" memo (neither the memo nor any follow-ups quoted in the referenced book make any historic parallel).