Historical Marker
Dougherty Hall - 1954
Historical marker location:
800 East Lancaster Avenue, Radnor Township, Pennsylvania
( Marker can be reached from East Lancaster Avenue (U.S. 30) 0.2 miles west of North Ithan Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)
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.