Black plaque № 45744

Russellville, KY, United States

O'Bannon House. Lt. Presley N. O'Bannon, USMC, the first American to raise our flag on foreign soil, April 17, 1805. Barbary coast pirates who were holding 180 American seamen for ransom were overcome in an attack led by O'Bannon. He came to Logan County in 1807. Served in state legislature 1812, 17

, 20-21, and Senate 1824-26. Died in 1850. His remains moved to Frankfort, 1920.

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