Historical Marker
Payne-Shoemaker Building
Historical marker location:
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
( Marker is at the intersection of Third Street and Pine Street, on the right when traveling north on Third Street.)
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.