Col. John Kelly

Historical marker location:

6229 Col John Kelly Rd, Kelly Township, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on Col John Kelly Road just west of Red Ridge Road.)

Marker installed: 1952

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.