William Whipper

Historical marker location:

919 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on Lombard Street.)

Marker installed: 1992

(1804-1876).

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.