World Wars Memorial

Historical marker location:

552 River Road, Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania

( Memorial is at the intersection of River Road (County Route 2028) and Worthington Street, on the right when traveling east on River Road.)

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.