Posted on 02/14/2023 4:26:37 AM PST by Bull Snipe
1778: Continental ship, Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones, receives the first official salute to a U.S. Stars and Stripes flag by a foreign government (the French fleet) at Quiberon, France.
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