Historical Marker
The Roberts Tower
Historical marker location:
48 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
( Marker is on River Street just north of Northampton Street, on the right when traveling north.)
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.