First Pinchot Road

Historical marker location:

1008 Rosstown Rd, Fairview Township, Pennsylvania

( Marker is at the intersection of Rosstown Road and Bull Road, on the right when traveling north on Rosstown Road.)

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.