Sixth Ohio Cavalry

Historical marker location:

Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania

( Memorial is at the intersection of Taneytown Road (Route 134) and Pleasonton Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Taneytown Road.)

Marker installed: 1887

2nd Brigade, 2nd Division. Cavalry Corps.

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.