Gen. Joseph Warren

Historical marker location:

Warren, Pennsylvania

( Memorial is at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue West (Business U.S. 6) and West 3rd Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Pennsylvania Avenue West.)

Marker installed: 1910

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.