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Starting this spring, Preservation Maryland is hosting cemetery workshops across the state, where participants learn the basic preservation techniques of caring for a cemetery. These tasks may include cleaning the site, maintaining landscaping, and cleaning markers....

We’re excited to announce The Campaign for Historic Trades is rolling out new merchandise!   Do you love Preservation Briefs? So do we! So much that we manifested them into actual briefs. Soft and comfortable,...

As we come to the end of March and Women’s History Month, The Campaign for Historic Trades would like to highlight resources for women in the trades.   According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women make up only 10.9% of the construction workforce....

The Campaign for Historic Trades is powered by Preservation Maryland, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting Maryland's unique and irreplaceable heritage. Today, the organization explored the contributions Irish immigrants made to Baltimore, particularly to...

Ever dreamed of working with your hands? Working with the National Park Service? Both? Good news--2022 positions are open for the Traditional Trades Advancement Program (TTAP) and the Historic Stewards Program! The Traditional Trades Advancement Program started in...

The Campaign is pleased to announce the addition of Benjamin Curran. Curran joins The Campaign as the dedicated Curriculum Developer - a brand-new and unprecedented role. Curran will help fulfill The Campaign's mission to create and publish open education resources...

We recently recorded our first ever "Trades Takeover" podcast on PreserveCast! On this episode of PreserveCast, Natalie Henshaw of the Campaign for Historic Trades spoke with Mae Bowley of Re:Purpose Savannah in our first ever trades takeover. Tune in as Natalie and...

The Campaign for Historic Trades is striving to demonstrate the need for - and the value of - workers with specific knowledge, training, and experience in historic preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation. WE NEED YOUR HELP PlaceEconomics has been commissioned to...

The Campaign for Historic Trades is working to address the systemic barriers to historic trades training to grow the trades workforce. The Campaign's Program Manager Natalie Henshaw has a letter in Monday's Washington Post entitled "Supporting the Trades" about...

THE CAMPAIGN FOR HISTORIC TRADES AND TTAP  The National Park Service and private industry need tradespeople with specialized skills to preserve and maintain our country’s valuable historic structures, and The Campaign for Historic Trades is working to meet that need....

The Campaign for Historic Trades and Preservation Maryland seek applicants for the Cemetery Preservation Workshop Coordinator position. Position: Cemetery Preservation Workshop Coordinator Preservation Maryland Organization Background: Founded in 1931, Preservation...

For 100 years, Arlington National Cemetery’s staff have worked to maintain and preserve the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, ensuring that future generations can pay their respects to the nameless - but not forgotten - soldiers who fought for freedom. In anticipation of...