The Hancock Avenue Gate sits along the Taneytown Road across from the Soldiers National Cemetery.This image was taken facing northeast at approximately 1:15 PM on Tuesday, April 18, 2016.

The crew working on the gate when we stopped by was from the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Traininc Center out of Frederick, Maryland. Notice the sand-colored gravel the Park recently placed on top of paved asphalt. We’re not sure why the gravel addition was necessary.This image was taken facing east at approximately 1:15 PM on Tuesday, April 18, 2016.

The monument still has “pointing” work that needs to be completed. You can see some joints that were finished along the top of the gate.The entrance to the Gettysburg National Cemetery is in the left background. This image was taken facing east at approximately 1:15 PM on Tuesday, April 18, 2016.

Most of the work taking place when we stopped by has to do with the “stretcher” stones between the two vertical columns in each segment of the gate (the larger column on the right and the smaller column behind the woman in the green hat on the left).This image was taken facing east at approximately 1:15 PM on Tuesday, April 18, 2016.

This crew was being led by Isaac Forman of the Historic Preservation Training Center. Isaac is wearing a green hat in the center of this view.This image was taken facing south at approximately 1:15 PM on Tuesday, April 18, 2016.

Though the majority of the original stones in the gate’s vertical columns were within the Park Service’s possession, many of the “stretcher” stones (coming towards the photographer in this view) were fabricated for this job.The Taneytown Road is visible in the background. This image was taken facing northeast at approximately 1:15 PM on Tuesday, April 18, 2016.

The stones between each column have a crenellated pattern across the top. This crenellated pattern isn’t the only thing fancy about the masonry involved in the Hancock Avenue Gate.This image was taken facing north at approximately 1:15 PM on Tuesday, April 18, 2016.

Isaac showed us this tool to point a “beaded joint,” sometimes known as a “European joint.”This image was taken facing northwest at approximately 1:15 PM on Tuesday, April 18, 2016.

It’s just for looks, but it’s also historically accurate.This image was taken facing west at approximately 1:15 PM on Tuesday, April 18, 2016.

This gate is from Gettysburg National Military Park’s “commemorative period” and has no significance to interpreting or understanding the Battle of Gettysburg.This image was taken facing west at approximately 1:15 PM on Tuesday, April 18, 2016.

We’ll provide you with some behind the scenes updates on the gate’s two bronze eagles and two bronze tablets later this week.This image was taken facing south at approximately 1:15 PM on Tuesday, April 18, 2016.