Barney Dreyfuss

Historical marker location:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on Roberto Clemente Drive, 0.1 miles east of South Bouquet Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2005

(1865-1932).

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.