William Leverett Morrison

Historical marker location:

150 East Front Street, Erie, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on East Front Street east of State Street, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1954

Lieutenant-Commander U.S. Naval Reserve Force. Citizen - Sailor - Officer - Friend.

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.