Ben Austrian

Historical marker location:

135 New Bethel Church Rd, Albany Township, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on New Bethel Church Road.)

Marker installed: 1995

(1870-1921).

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.