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Today is National Maritime Day! Have you seen this model of the Royal Louis docked in our core galleries? ⚓️ This scale model, made by Albany, N.Y.-based ship model builder Rex Stewart approximates the appearance of the Royal Louis, the privateer ship that James Forten served aboard in 1781. The Royal Louis was armed with 22 cannons and was built to carry 100 tons of cargo (equaling about 10,000 cubic feet, or the capacity of three tractor trailers). Captain Stephen Decatur, commander of the ship, led a crew of 200 men, which included about 20 men of African descent. James Forten served as a “powder boy” aboard the Royal Louis, helping to transport gunpowder to the ship’s cannons. See it on your next visit: https://bit.ly/34CiSxy (fb)

