The Yellow Corner

Historical marker location:

102 E Allegheny St, Martinsburg, Pennsylvania

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of East Allegheny Street (Pennsylvania Route 164) and South Market Street.)

Marker installed: 2015

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.