Jacob J. Vandergrift

Historical marker location:

Oil City, Pennsylvania

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Seneca Street and Elm Street.)

Marker installed: 2001

(1827-1899).

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.