Henry Kolwey Homesite

Historical marker location:

192 S Main St, Thiensville, Wisconsin

( Marker is on South Main Street, 0.1 miles north of Spring Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2003

1857.

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.