Historical Marker

The Pilgerhaus - 1754

Historical marker location:
125 East Main Street, Lititz, Pennsylvania
( Marker is on East Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 772) east of North Cedar Street, on the left when traveling east.)

First House in Lititz.

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.