Historical Marker
R. B. Monument, 2004
Historical marker location:
1 Hoffmans Mill Rd, Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania
( Marker is on Hoffmans Mill Road south of Baltimore Pike (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling south.)
Dan Ostermiller (b. 1956). Bronze.
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.