National Park Service Ranger Ashtin Josey, a sophomore at Kean University in New Jersey, talks with visitors inside Fort Jay. Ashtin was an intern this year as part of the augmented summertime staff for programs in the Governors Island National Monument.
NPS Ranger and Interpreter Charlie Kahlstrom demonstrating a Model 1841 Springfield Rifle, known as the "Mississippi" after its use by Jefferson Davis's Mississippi volunteers in the Mexican-American War. A muzzle-loader, it took a .54 caliber ball.