David Brainerd

Historical marker location:

6025 S Delaware Dr, Lower Mount Bethel Township, Pennsylvania

( Marker is at the intersection of South Delaware Drive (Pennsylvania Route 611) and Howell Road, on the left when traveling north on South Delaware Drive.)

Marker installed: 1947

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.