Historical Marker
Solomon Boscov
Historical marker location:
Reading, Pennsylvania
( Marker is at the intersection of North 9th Street and Pike Street, on the right when traveling north on North 9th Street.)
Marker installed: 1999
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.