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Historical marker location:

994 Venetia Rd, Union Township, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on Venetia Road, 0.1 miles west of McClelland Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1969

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.