Omunye wabongameli abadumile baseMelika emlandweni ngu U-Abraham Lincoln. Lo mbhangqwana awakha nomkakhe uMary Todd babenezingane ezine futhi ukuphela komuntu owafinyelela ebudaleni kwakunguRobert. Le ndodana yaba usomabhizinisi ocebile futhi yakhelwa indlu yasehlobo esamile namanje futhi ingenye yezikhulu kakhulu Izikhangibavakashi zaseVermont: imayelana UHildene.
Indlu yasehlobo ka Vermont yabe isetshenziselwa ukweqa ukushisa okushisayo kwehlobo laseWashington. Ikhaya UHildene Yakhiwa ngo-1905 ngesitayela semvuselelo yaseGeorgia, enkabeni ebheke iBattenkill Valley. Konke okuzungezile kunepaki elinomklamo okhiqiza kabusha iwindi lengilazi lesonto lombhishobhi, into enhle eyenziwe ngezitshalo nezimbali ezingapheli nezinkathi ezithile zonyaka ukuze ibe nemibala ehlukahlukene futhi ibe khona unyaka wonke.
Umndeni wakwaLincoln wawuhlala kulesi sithabathaba esihle saseGeorgia kwaze kwaba ngu-1975 lapho inzalo yokugcina, umzukulu omkhulu kamongameli nomzukulu womuntu owakha le ndlu, uRobert, eshona khona lapha. Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili inhlangano engenzi nzuzo yathatha le ndawo, yathengwa, futhi yakugqamisa ngokuphelele. Ngaphakathi, cishe yonke ifenisha kusengokomndeni, njengezimoto nemoto yesitimela yakwaPullman egcinwe kupulatifomu efulelwe ngokukhethekile.
UHildene ivulela umphakathi nsuku zonke phakathi kuka-9: 30 ekuseni no-4: 30 ntambama. Kuvaliwe ngoDisemba 24, 25 no-26 nangePhasika naku-Thanksgiving. Ukwamukelwa okujwayelekile kubiza u- $ 18.