Historical Marker
DeKalbs Division
Historical marker location:
611 Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania
( Marker is on Outer Line Road, on the right when traveling west.)
Continental Army. Valley Forge December 19 1777 June 18 1778.
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.