Historical Marker

Gettysburg Address

Historical marker location:
Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania
( Marker is on Taneytown Road (State Road 134), on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1947

The first recorded U.S. flag-raising on foreign soil occurred in 1777, when the Stars and Stripes were flown during a naval battle off the coast of Quiberon Bay, France, commanded by Pennsylvania native John Paul Jones.