"...we aim to preserve as much of the historic wood as possible. In doing so, we were consciously using wood that had developed idiosyncrasies over the years, making the doors unlevel and not square. Sanding the new-wood veneers for sections of the doors that we couldn’t reasonably save insured that the remaining wood was undamaged by such a tool as a planer.”

Feb 10, 2020 | “I consider it a huge honor to be able to work on such a meaningful building and feel proud everyday to participate in the preservation of a structure that helps tell an important story in the history of our Country.”

February 7, 2019 |  Now in her second term based at Fort Pulaski National Monument in with the Historic Preservation Training Center, Hannah Murphey continues to deepen and develop her preservation skills.

November 9, 2018 |  Patrick Sutton was eager to learn new skills when he started the Veteran Trades Apprenticeship Program in February 2018, but says he was entirely inexperienced in historic preservation.

August 8, 2018 | This summer has been particularly busy for Alec Pratt, a Stewards member with the NPS Historic Preservation & Training Center serving at Gettysburg National Military Park. The park comprises of six thousand acres of battlefield and buildings that were fought over during July 1863. Each building requires maintenance and condition assessments on a recurring basis, and that is where Alec stepped in.