Samuel Wetherill

Historical marker location:

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on Columbia Street west of Webster Street, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2003

(1821-1890).

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.