National Park Seminary: Videos Provide History and Document Efforts to Preserve the Site

National Park Seminary operated at Forest Glen, Maryland from 1894-1942 and a dedicated group of volunteers has successfully sustained interest in the history of the site by organizing tours, publishing books, and preserving memories.

The Save Our Seminary website offers a link to a 15-minute video, "Paths to the Present #81 - National Park Seminary in Forest Glen," completed by County Cable Montgomery highlighting local history.  Paths to the Present, revisited National Park Seminary in early 2014 and found the buildings and grounds of the former school revitalized as a residential community. 

You can also view an excellent slide show, "Photographic Tour of Save Our Seminary at Forest Glen," from 2010 that includes many images and corresponding historical narrative.

A 1998 video, "Saving the Ghosts of Forest Glen," provides many historic images of National Seminary and the details of Save Our Seminary attempts to preserve the site. The video was produced by Wayne Mara for Montgomery County Community Television.

You can learn more about National Park Seminary and find links to additional resources by visiting a couple of earlier College History Garden posts:

• Monday, June 18, 2012, National Park Seminary (MD)
• Tuesday, February 27, 2018, The History of National Park Seminary Featured in The Washington Post