Martin Johnson Heade

Historical marker location:

3772 River Rd, Solebury Township, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on River Road (Pennsylvania Route 32), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2000

1819 - 1904.

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.