Historical Marker
Stephen Vincent Benét
Historical marker location:
827 North Bishopthorpe Street, Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania
( Marker is at the intersection of North Bishopthorpe Street and Ostrum Street, on the right when traveling north on North Bishopthorpe Street.)
Marker installed: 1960
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.