Geiger's Mill

Historical marker location:

Hamburg, Pennsylvania

( Marker can be reached from Front Street north of State Street (Old U.S. Highway 22), on the left when traveling north.)

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.