Jackie Ormes

Historical marker location:

Monongahela, Pennsylvania

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of West Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 88) and 7th Street.)

Marker installed: 2016

(1911-1985).

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.