Haller Hall

Historical marker location:

235 Mifflin Road, State College, Pennsylvania

( Marker is at the intersection of McKean Road and Mifflin Road, on the right when traveling north on McKean Road.)

Barbara S. Haller. Penn State.

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.