Alumni Hall - 1848

Historical marker location:

800 East Lancaster Avenue, Radnor Township, Pennsylvania

( Marker can be reached from East Lancaster Avenue (U.S. 30) 0.4 miles east of North Spring Mill Road (Pennsylvania Route 320), on the left when traveling east.)

Villanova 150th Anniversary.

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.