Harrison Amusement Park

Historical marker location:

5491 PA Route 115, Blakeslee, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on PA Route 115 (Pennsylvania Route 115) 1.5 miles south of PA Route 940 & PA Route 115, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2017

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.