Fort Necessity

Historical marker location:

Farmington, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on National Road (U.S. 40) 0.3 miles east of Elliotsville Road, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1946

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.