Historical Marker
Nicholas Biddle
Historical marker location:
715 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
( Marker is on Spruce Street.)
Marker installed: 2000
(1786-1844).
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.