Historical Marker
Marshfield Post Office
Historical marker location:
202 S. Chestnut Avenue, Marshfield, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of South Chestnut Avenue and West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on South Chestnut Avenue.)
1930.
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.