Historical Marker
Byron D Benson
Historical marker location:
603 North Perry Street, Titusville, Pennsylvania
( Marker is at the intersection of Perry Street and West Oak Street, on the right when traveling south on Perry Street.)
Marker installed: 2009
(1832-1888).
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.