Moyamensing Prison

Historical marker location:

1400 S 10th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on S. 10 Street.)

Marker installed: 2011

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.