Penn Common

Historical marker location:

101 W College Ave, York, Pennsylvania

( Marker is at the intersection of West College Avenue and South Beaver Street on West College Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1979

York, Pennsylvania.

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.