Gravity Railroad

Historical marker location:

Carbondale, Pennsylvania

( Marker is at the intersection of Canaan Street (Business U.S. 6) and Belmont Street on Canaan Street.)

Marker installed: 1999

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.