Historical Marker
Washington County Courthouse Square
Historical marker location:
320 South 5th Avenue, West Bend, Wisconsin
( Marker is on South 5th Avenue near Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2000
West Bend, Wisconsin.
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.