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

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  @ironbridge2451 · 5 years ago

  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.

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• MR

  @mrs.g.9816 · 6 years ago

  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.

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  @janetprice85 · 5 years ago

  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.

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• LE

  @leemorris6400 · 5 years ago (edited)

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

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• MR

  @mrfester42 · 5 years ago (edited)

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

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• RE

  @rebeccalott8625 · 6 years ago

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

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• FI

  @FireCracker3240 · 5 years ago

  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&apos;s. Abraham Lincoln was one of the best there ever was and I loved this video, thank you!

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• CO

  @corrietapp3178 · 6 years ago

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

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• CD

  @cdeleon6888 · 3 years ago

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

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• RU

  @runninggirl9991 · 6 years ago

  The curator was delightful and interesting. Bright lady.

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• MI

  @michaelmerta8956 · 5 years ago

  Susan this is the most entertaining and interesting coverage from Mr Lincoln&apos;s house and Mary.<br>Thank you very much.

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• AN

  @anafonseca2091 · 6 years ago

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

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