Historical Marker
Straus Building
Historical marker location:
710 N Old World 3rd Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of N Old World 3rd Street and West Wisconsin Avenue, on the right when traveling north on N Old World 3rd Street.)
The first American flag to be flown in a foreign battle was carried by Wisconsin troops during the Battle of Chapultepec in the Mexican-American War in 1847.