Historical Marker
Education
Historical marker location:
Schmidt Park/Kevin P. Quinn, S.J. Athletics Campus, Scranton, Pennsylvania
( Marker is at the intersection of Broadway Street and 3rd Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Broadway Street.)
Lackawanna River Heritage Trail.
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.