Jesse L. Reno

Historical marker location:

Reno, Pennsylvania

( Marker is at the intersection of Allegheny Boulevard (U.S. 62) and 4th Street, on the right when traveling south on Allegheny Boulevard.)

Marker installed: 2014

(1823-1862).

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.