War Memorial

Historical marker location:

300 Park Place, Hawley, Pennsylvania

( Memorial is on Park Place east of Main Avenue (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1960

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.