Historical Marker
3-inch Rifles
Historical marker location:
North Codorus Township, Pennsylvania
( Marker is on Glen Rock Road (State Road 616), on the right when traveling south.)
Civil War Veterans.
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.