Historical Marker
Rev. John J. Curran
Historical marker location:
43 Penn Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
( Marker is on Penn Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1995
(1859-1936).
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.