Historical Marker
Anna Howard Shaw
Historical marker location:
701 S Ridley Creek Rd, Upper Providence Township, Pennsylvania
( Marker is at the intersection of South Orange Street and S Ridley Creek Rd on South Orange Street.)
Marker installed: 2014
(1847-1919).
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.