Meason House

Historical marker location:

Connellsville, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on University Drive (U.S. 119) 0.2 miles south of Cellulare Drive, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1946

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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.