Serving static files from Express server

Question

I have an Express server that contains a public folder containing 5 images. I want to load those images inside of my ReactJS app. How would I do that?

I'm already using:

app.use("/static", express.static(path.join(__dirname, "public")));

and I can access them when I manually type in the URL, but I'm unable to figure out how to serve them all in my React app.

Any help would be much appreciated.