A Tour of the Lincoln Home with Curator Susan Haake (Part 1)

Dr. Mark DePue tours the Lincoln home with Susan Haake.
The second part of the tour can be found here: • A Tour of the Lincoln ...

[@janeceeastwood8035]

Abraham Lincoln is my most loved historical figure. He was a very good man, a plain and honest man. He struggled with severe depression for most of his adult life, yet he was a renown storyteller. He loved cats. He detested his father. He was a human being, like all of us. And Mary…she lost her mother young, her husband was murdered as he sat right beside her, three of her four sons predeceased her, and the surviving son, Robert, had her committed to a home for the insane because she was an embarrassment to him, and because he could in those times. Lincoln would been appalled by his son’s heartlessness, because he felt things deeply. Mary Lincoln has all my sympathy.

[@nannynan5893]

I didn't know he loved cats, now I like him even better. Thanks for the details.

[@cdeleon6888]

I’m blown away by how knowledgeable Ms. Hake is. It’s obvious she is so passionate about her job.

[@stevemiddleton5278]

I am tired of all the military history channels. This video is a great relief.

[@Ripleycat]

What a knowledgeable person Susan is.

[@glendagrant9042]

If I could go back I would try my very best to become the currator of an historic house. I am 72 and a retired RN. So that time is gone. I just know more and more over the last 25 year this is my passion. I have fortunately traveled a good bit and seen many historic homes. I have not been to this house. This was such a treat to have the tour. Thank you both very much.

[@oldfogey4679]

Glenda it's never too late to chase ur dreams go for a curator job!

[@brocktonma.1816]

About 10 years ago by chance I got a couple old doors and sold them. I caught the bug. Though not a curator I have a successful side business selling antique doors and hardware. It’s fascinating. When I get a piece I’m not familiar with I sometimes spend hours research as much as I can. They don’t make them like that anymore is fact. Pickup a mortise lock 100 years old and pickup a knockoff made today. Apples and oranges.

[@ironbridge2451]

AWESOME! Fancy home compared to our dear President Lincoln's upbringing. Nice to see that they had a savant girl and not a slave. Also, the history of 14 or 15 being an age where one could be put into service to help their family. My own mom, from the midwest, was put out to service at 15 in the 1940's, having been born to a poor family in the depression. Later she became a waitress at a local cafe on the square, where she had a room upstairs and the owner even did Mom's laundry for her. Sadly though she only had a 10th grade education, but she read and articulated very well. Dad fell head over heels for her and they married when she was 20. They enjoyed close to 6o years of marriage before Dad was called home to be with the Lord.

[@BeckVMH]

Wonderful details and thanks for sharing.

[@catman8670]

Lincoln stated ,as I would not be a slave, nor would I own a slave

[@leemorris6400]

He's From KY!! I'm so proud Kentuckian!! I've been to his birth place and his childhood home!!! He's parents lived in Elizabethtown KY!! Before he moved to Indiana and then to Illinois!! I'm so proud of him!! He freed the slaves and the leader of the Republican party!!!

[@michaelmerta8956]

Susan this is the most entertaining and interesting coverage from Mr Lincoln's house and Mary. Thank you very much.

[@mrs.g.9816]

Wow. No plumbing, no electricity. Two sons dead while still very little. Let's not be too hard on Mary Lincoln. BTW - I want to thank the curator of the house for a wonderful tour. I consider Abe Lincoln a great national hero, and am delighted to see the "everyday" side of his life.

[@johnfd0210]

When I toured the girlhood home of Mary Todd Lincoln (in Louiseville,KY), the docent put Mrs. Lincoln in a new light for me. She said something along the lines of, " Even today, people mock Mrs. Lincoln. Well, how would you handle having four children and then have three of them die before they are 21, and then you see your husband shot in front of you. How well would YOU cope?" If you ever get a chance to visit either home, well worth the visit.

[@nancyayers6355]

Mary Lincoln had much misfortune between her four little sons. One might have passed away in the Springfield house, then another died from malaria while the family lived in the White House. The two younger sons had played in the Potomac River and both had caught malaria from it. The youngest boy, Tad (Thomas) recovered, but his brother Willie (William) died. The river in those days was a fetid swamp, but no one knew how dangerous it was. I don't think doctors in those days knew about all the germs in the river! Then Tad died of TB at age seventeen. Only the oldest, Robert, survived - the son who despised his mother and who, at one point, successfully had her declared insane and she was committed to an asylum. Interesting that after her husband's assassination, she never wore anything but black mourning clothes the rest of her life. When Tad's birthday rolled around, he went to Mary and pleaded with her not to wear black at his party! She ended up wearing the usual black, but her dress was edged in purple!

[@mrs.g.9816]

@@nancyayers6355 How very interesting - and very sad. It's never good to judge people harshly.

[@alanaadams7440]

Exactly. Mary was judged harshly. She lost 3 children and a husband. That would make anyone fragile physical and mental

[@jerrystinnett6022]

@@johnfd0210 I pretty sure she grew up in Lexington ky

[@mrfester42]

Susan Haake did a magnificent and thorough job with her in depth tour of the Lincoln home. I was lucky enough to visit the home in 2005 and I learned more from Ms. Haake than I did in my tour. I was also lucky enough to meet some descendants of Lincolns father and step mother who just happened to be in my tour group. Thank you Ms. Haake!

[@olliec2ollett534]

Plop no.

[@williambeckerman6801]

Perhaps mrfester could use Susan's help with spelling

[@JayShocka]

@@williambeckerman6801 😂😂😂 good one william.

[@galescott8433]

I found out that I am a cousin of Abraham Lincoln, on my grandmothers side, have lived in Springfield Illinois all my life, and Abraham Lincoln my favorite president.

[@mrfester42]

@@williambeckerman6801 Perhaps if you were more than a half wit you would have noticed that my spelling error was actually an editing error.

[@FireCracker3240]

Susan Haake is fantastic and so knowledgeable. She has so many intricate details that one may never know otherwise, and hearing them really helped me envision what it was like to live back in the mid 1800's. Abraham Lincoln was one of the best there ever was and I loved this video, thank you!

[@gaylem4333]

Very interesting. Susan does a wonderful job!

[@dewey4533]

Susan, thanks for the wonderful tour. I enjoyed your narrative.

[@b0borden437]

Wow the curator Susan is very knowledgeable on every little detail. Very informative!

[@nannynan5893]

As a person who hates to travel( I get seasick on dry land) but loves history it's really a gift to be able to see this :)

[@janetprice85]

I was told that people slept sitting up against bolsters/pillows in the 1800s as sleeping flat was considered unhealthy. Perhaps that's why beds seemed shorter. I believe they told us that at Mt.Vernon.

[@seema1181]

A 1000 likes for your narration, Susan Haake. Hope we can preserve this most precious (on account of its history) home for several millennia to come.

[@jupite1888]

Very Good Historian Guide Susan Haake is, Thanks Dr.

[@runninggirl9991]

The curator was delightful and interesting. Bright lady.

[@fritzvonhammer3578]

Totally agree

[@andisadler2897]

sHE WOULD LOOK GOOD IN A GIMP SUITE WITH A WHIP. WHIP ME SUZIE BABY

[@cathecavanaugh615]

She loved Abraham & positively impacted him ,I assume

[@kerriyork8007]

I enjoyed listening to her🌻

[@Mr5thWave]

God bless you Susan Haake and KZbin.

[@corrietapp3178]

What a first-rate tour! Ms. Haake really knows her stuff.

[@rebeccalott8625]

Excellent tour, Susan! You have an abundance of knowledge to share, and are extremely enjoyable to listen to! Great job!!

[@kateclark7250]

Thank you for the tour. It was great to learn about how the family lived.

[@cathecavanaugh615]

This woman has probably spent years researching the Lincolns & their lives .isn't it ironic that today she would probably be considered a racist by people who know no history or reality

[@r.c.miller6161]

So much history in this unimposing family home. Such a knowledgeable curator. Such touching, incredible family history of heartbreaking loss of a young child and having his funeral in the home. Mary Todd Lincoln is an American heroine. She suffered incredible personal losses.

[@boostation]

LLP

[@lindaallen7058]

Beautiful well done 👏

[@lelandro42]

My wife and I just visited 3 weeks ago. It was great seeing where 16 lived. Yours like this solidify the fact that the Lincoln’s were people just like us. Reading about him and them, somehow makes me forget that they were real people. This helps greatly. Highly recommend taking the tour. It’s free btw.

[@calebcakes]

I really enjoyed this private,detailed tour. I feel like I really visited! The curator was so easy to listen to!!!!

[@libbycampbell2557]

My husbands great, great, great grandfather is Johnathan Lincoln, and the brother to Captain Abraham Lincoln, who is President Lincoln’s grandfather.

[@inkyguy]

So he would be a second cousin many, many times removed.

[@rebelpearl]

My 7x great grandmother was Captain Lincoln’s sister Anne. Her son (my 6x great grandfather) married Dinah Boone, first cousin to Daniel. Their marriage was one of several ties of the Lincoln and Boone families. I nearly fainted when I discovered that information. Nice to ‘meet’ other cousins here in the comments. 👋🏻

[@armybeef68]

I'm my own grandpa

[@artqueen691]

Excellent Video. The curator's insights much appreciated!

[@anafonseca2091]

She did an Awesome job i truly did enjoy her. Im also sure she A's all of her history classes lol. 🤟

[@ginny01843]

A few years ago, my husband and I were going to visit the Lincoln home, but as he had to use a ECV he was unable to get up the front stairs. Fortunately for us a very nice tour guide made it possible for us to have a VIP tour of the home entering through a special entrance. One of the best trips we ever experienced.

[@ruthswensen1189]

Hi i

[@ah4760]

Susan Haake - excellent!

[@cadesgranny]

I thoroughly enjoyed this! Ms. Haake is very knowledgeable, thank you.

[@marydbaker]

Fascinated that “we found” thread and pins in that one area near the well lit window. Who found them and when. What a great sign of real everyday life preserved. Holes in the mantle where the stockings were hung.

[@faulltw]

Very cool!

[@davestelling]

Yea!

[@diankreczmer6595]

I am eighty four and grew up in Chicago where the houses were built in late 1800's and I remember a front living room, a sitting room and Another living room and than a dining room .the rooms were large but the bedrooms were tiny and the Kitchen large.the house was wooden With a large porch.to me, these old Houses are fascinating

[@mzdkkeller]

I was fortunate enough to be a member of the inaugural Horace Mann Abraham Lincoln Fellowship program. One teacher from each state was selected to attend a week long program. A visit to the newly opened presidential museum and field trips to the home and other locations relevant to Lincoln were a thrill for this old Lincolnophile!

[@ShelleeGraham]

What a fantastic opportunity to have been selected for the fellowship program! Congratulations and I’m so pleased that you were thrilled to have the experience, and one you will never forget, I’m sure.

[@cashenjoe1]

Fantastic presentation! I wish you rang the door bell!

[@doc5701]

Downton Abbey fan?

[@royaljesters4010]

So impressed with the style ,Mary Lincoln had,and the love for her family.Mr.Lincon was a very lucky man.Even in today's standards..Thank you for this wonderful tour.🍃

[@susandhifaoui]

thank you so much for the upload. Since having to stick close to home for obvious reasons now, it is nice to be able to 'travel' to the Lincoln Home. Very much appreciated, and a great curator and interviewer.

[@joannescholes3742]

Thank you!👏Always loved the history President Abraham Lincoln❣️💕

[@richardsmith7783]

And you know, It was but it wasn't all that long ago But lots of people your age has no clue what half of them thing are in that house! I know time does change as it goes on but to me people now days just don't learn the things we did as a kid or growing up....

[@sabrinadubois5822]

Excellent Susan! I enjoyed your tour very much. I feel like I was going through the house with you. You’re very knowledgeable and personable. Mr Lincoln & Mrs would’ve been very pleased I believe. Thank you!

[@davestelling]

I think so, too...

[@HarborGuy]

Just amazing that so much is restored it looks pretty comfy for a poor lawyer and family..

[@cathecavanaugh615]

Today it looks pretty comfy but then again there were no expensive technological devices to spend money on

[@cleftoftherock6797]

Really Great. Thank you. A treasure.

[@judge4all]

Your docent / curator is beautiful.

[@michaelpoirier2382]

This is so educational for me Loved it. Abraham Lincoln is my favorite president from what I have learned!

[@ladyjanekennedy4779]

He freed the slaves & was murdered because he did a great thing !

[@oldfogey4679]

Michael check out teddy roosevelt too! His square deal during his first term was fdr s model for his depression Era new deal! Lincoln is controversial for suspending free speech action during the Civil war!

[@bethbartlett5692]

There's a sense that the folks of the era were so different from us, they were not. Only their Thoughts may have been focused on a varied different subjects. They were every bit as intelligent, and certainly far more self sufficient.

[@conniemcmurry9589]

I was 19 yrs old when I toured Lincoln's home in Springfield. I'm 70 yrs now. The one thought I remember having and keeping all these yrs was how small the furniture was for such a tall man as Lincoln....it couldn't have been that comfortable for him. Wish I could go back and see it once more...but I doubt I will ever be in Springfield again.

[@marydbaker]

I especially loved the part about Abraham spending a lot of time on the floor. I’ve always been like that too. Even at my advanced age. Prefer the floor. 👋🏻👵🏻 but not because I’m tall.

[@janek5970]

I toured this lovely house a few years ago. I want to return for another tour and another day at the great Lincoln Museum and visit to Oak Ridge Cemetery. I caught an error. Eddie Lincoln was not age four when he died of thyroid cancer. He was five weeks shy of his fourth birthday. Yes, that matters to a history lover such as myself.

[@nancyayers6355]

I have read a large, hardback edition about the Lincoln family. I'll swear I read that Tad and Willie played in the Potomac River banks, which practically ran through the back yard of the White House, and both boys came down with malaria from the mosquitos in the air over the river's swampy banks. Willie died, but the baby of the family, Tad, recovered. Of course in those days, medical science didn't know about germs.

[@getitright5863]

I believe she said shy of his 4th birthday.

[@ladonnawhite6914]

Thyroid cancer?

[@melissa9375]

Excellent presentation - very personable guides who made the Lincolns real people and the era accessible. Highly recommended - thank you! I'll be playing this for my students.

[@debbieritter1096]

I got to see this home about 7 years ago- loved it and the museum- a wonderful time and enjoyed it very much...:)

[@nancyayers6355]

My husband was in the Air Force, and we were able to go through this very house!! I was struck by the children's toys, especially a very old-fashioned tricycle that belonged to one of the Lincoln children!! It looked so lonely!!

[@judyholiday1794]

I really enjoyed watching this due to the amount of detail that was shown and talked about..I also thought that Dr.DePue was nice,and polite to Susan Haake..I do not understand why some people always has to try,and start drama over every little thing..Why not just watch this video and learn something new from it..I know I did since I love learning about our history,and what day to day life was like back in the 19th century ..

[@walterweddle7644]

Your comment made a lot of sense. I think people have less manners and love stirring up unnecessary drama. My old man was a military guy, and he use to say, if you have nothing good to say about someone, don't say it. That was instilled in my soul. Lol.

[@laurieczabanschraver121]

This was a fantastic video and I learned a lot from it. Many thanks to Susan for imparting such wonderful insights into the Lincoln's lives. God bless you for doing an important job of keeping american history alive!

[@spokanetomcat1]

The hat rack as you call it is really called a Hall tree. Yes, it was used to store Hats, canes, coats and dirty/muddy boots and shoes for guests visiting and the Lincoln family when home .

[@teresanoel6355]

I very much enjoyed this tour. I love history and visiting museums. This was a great tour. Would love to visit in person some day. No better way to spend this insane virus lockdown.

[@mollyhottinger6075]

Thank you both for a fascinating tour of the Lincoln house.

[@inkyguy]

The interviewer may have been surprised by Venetian blinds, but I was not. As the house's curator explains, "Venetian blinds" originated in Persia in the 17th century and were introduced to Europe the following century. I first learned of their long existence in American homes upon seeing them when visiting the Washington's 1793 summer home in Germantown, Pa., having moved out of the city to escape the malaria plague that was killing so many people in Philadelphia.

[@brianjenkins4637]

Lincoln was led by heavenly inspiration to unite and preserve America. A wonderful peace Abe Lincoln Americana is about to be auctioned soon. Take a look.

[@maureenogorman8740]

I have such great memories of visiting the lincoln trail way back. So glad they preserve this for the future.

[@debbiegonsalves1649]

Great job Susan!

[@beverlyyarbrough54]

So many changes at the Lincoln home, Besides paint,Furniture has been moved around,entrance to home had His hat & coat hanging up, Front of home has added cement stairs & & enlarged sidewalk,with brick, we were there in the fifties & sixties.

[@Gemelli2906]

Lovely! I enjoyed this so much. Mr Lincoln is my fav prez.

[@marianlincoln9008]

When I was in5th Grade our school organized a fiedtrip we visited New Salem ,Lincolns Tomb, The Old Capital Building And Our Last STOP Was LINCOLN's Home in Springfield. It was a VERY FULL DAY probable not as informative back then as we were limited in our time in each place and MORE is known from research than back then... Still Very Enjoyable.

[@032319581]

Great tour! Thank you Susan.

[@billhamlin6697]

Abraham Lincoln: Reading by "Candle Light", hears his Wife, now awake, Blow out the light and say good night!

[@janetprice85]

My great grandmother's big farm house had a big wood burning furnace and heavy black Victorian style furniture in her front parlor which was used for company. And a small parlor at the back for the family. The kitchen was totally seperate and accessed by a long enclosed porch. Families were large back then and her house had four seperate bedrooms even though it was a single story house and had seven children. I remember she did not get an indoor bath room until about 1958. Thank God! Lol! Those little china pots for night time!

[@sct4040]

This is such a modest home, compared to Mount Vernon, the Hermatage, and Monticello.

[@yengsabio5315]

In my view, Mr. Lincoln was born for those particular times in US American political history.

[@oldfogey4679]

Yeng agree some prez are born for their times! While others remain behind their times like Herbert hoover!

[@Figgatella]

I was there inn1978 and I could swear the outhouse looked different then.

[@caroldurham1004]

Thank you for sharing this video very interesting Mr Lincoln was my hero

[@reimagine207]

We need to start donating to them cuz I probably will never go and YT can take away from entrance fees Etc.... all museum places. Ty Curator it was wonderful. Oh my I’m stunned by the horse hair FURNITURE! I never knew. I’ve torn down a wall in a colonial in Maine with in the plaster.

[@walterweddle7644]

I was surprised that our old sears & roebuck house has horse hair in the plaster.

[@clarkharvell5242]

So happy that it exists! Thanks for the wonderful tour!

[@michaelhaiden6718]

Ty for the info I never get tired of learning about one of our greatest presidents I truly love and respect who he was may GOD rest his soul. I always get emotional each time I study him I fill we lost him way too soon

[@KC-603]

Thank you Susan for your very knowledgeable tour! I would've liked to know the man!! Great sorrow for Mary and Robert! 🫂🙏🙏🙏

[@carlthornton3076]

Very Good!

[@madalinekelley9197]

So cool.On my bucket list!

[@denisecaringer4726]

Excellent presentation by the curator.

[@suechun8871]

I saw the summer porch opened in the summer as a little girl...Wow it was a highlight and very educational.

[@elanahammer1076]

Thank you for your goodness. I think 🤔 the Lincoln family is an interesting 🧐 study. ❤️✊🤔😷🤗

[@familytreenutshistorygenealogy]

Awesome! We did a video here but didn’t get to go inside. I’m going to put the link of this video in ours so folks can see it! Appreciate it!

[@apcolleen]

"Lets go upstairs" ::stair montage:: "And this is where the magic happens"

[@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

Fantastic tour, Susan! Extremely charming and knowledgeable. I've seen several presidential libraries and homes.. this one is next on my list, perhaps before summer's end. Thanks!

[@jacquelinebloom4339]

What a wonderful presentation. Thank you.

[@SeemsFair]

Curator is amazing. Reporter asking questions is horrible. He wants to question everything.

[@renewyatt-hall3090]

Very educational landmark. I’ve visited several times and I always learn something new.

[@richardphysician5640]

What a treat, thank you.

[@janieroy3222]

Wonderful .. thank you.

[@abcd0193]

Fantastic tour! The lady was awesome! I hope to visit one day.

[@jasminequinones5359]

So awesome love it 😀 ❤ 💕 ♥ 💖 😍

[@jmsiii4751]

Great video, very historic, and Susan was fantastic.

[@knoophouse]

How lovely! I really enjoyed this!

[@michellexyminis3275]

Very informative History lesson!

[@Zalgud]

Would love to see some of the artifacts, including bottles, that were found in the privy pits!

[@lindaduncan2954]

Very enjoyable tour! Thank you very much!

[@brocktonma.1816]

The man: “the craftsman may have had greater skill than we would think in those early years” American woodworkers were making exquisite furniture easily 100 years prior to this.

[@DaveDott]

This is awesome 🇺🇸

[@pamelahsmithsmith2366]

I have been watching on CNN the series on Lincoln, its very interesting, so many things parallel with whats going on today.Also, shows you the man Lincoln was..and his wife Mary. I learned alot about him watching this show, even stood Mary up at the alter at their first wedding..didnt think he was good enough for her...very interesting and complex man! enjoyed this video very much.

[@jenniferjuniper97]

When I was 8 or 9, my family toured the home. My left knee became stuck in the rails blocking the door of Mary Lincoln's bedroom. ha! The outdoor lavatory impressed me most of all.

[@brocktonma.1816]

This lady is great at her job.

[@BeckVMH]

Probably not the only one, but I like to imagine President Lincoln and family members walking about these rooms as they did in the past. Very cool to get a glimpse of their home. Thanks so much and wonderful narration.

[@chiasanzes9770]

Very interesting tour. Thank you.

[@robertsurak5065]

Awesome tour thanks!

[@stephaniefrazee3955]

Would love to see more of these from Susan. Would be great to do a series where focused topics about the home would be looked at more in depth, behind the scenes research, and even esp. an in depth comprehensive video about the archeological digs done on the property. Nice work!

[@stuarthipkins8336]

My favorite pres. Yet suspended heabius corpus..