Wyck

Historical marker location:

6026 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on Germantown Avenue south of W Walnut Lane, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1927

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.