David Reed

Historical marker location:

1504 Millers Run Rd, Mount Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on Millers Run Road (Pennsylvania Route 50) 0.4 miles east of Southview Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1950

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.