Pickett's Charge

Historical marker location:

Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on Hancock Avenue, on the left when traveling north.)

July 3, 1863 - Third Day.

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.