Historical Marker
Ludwig Derr
Historical marker location:
34 Brown Street, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
( Marker is at the intersection of Brown Street and Mill Street, on the right when traveling north on Brown Street.)
Marker installed: 1954
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.