Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

561 W Chocolate Ave, Derry Township, Pennsylvania

( Memorial is at the intersection of West Chocolate Avenue (U.S. 422) and Hillcrest Road, on the right when traveling west on West Chocolate Avenue.)

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.