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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...

An occupation is the principal activity one engages to earn money. A profession is an occupation requiring special knowledge or skill.​ At the time writing this, historic trades are not an official occupation. For example, a carpenter has a job code on the Occupation...

Preservation Maryland, an organization that powers the Campaign for Historic Trades, is proud to announce their role in the introduction of federal legislation, a first in the organization's (almost) 90-year history.  The bill, the Frederick Jobs and...

In 2019 Notre-Dame de Paris was almost lost to fire. On August 5, 2021, in partnership with the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center and with support from The Campaign for Historic Trades, powered by Preservation Maryland, the truss was...