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The Hometown Heroes project is presented by the Abraham Lincoln Foundation of The Union League of Philadelphia.

The Union League of Philadelphia was founded December 27, 1862 as a patriotic social society with a mission to suppress "the Rebellion" by all means public and private; uphold the Constitution of the United States; and support President Abraham Lincoln.  During the Civil War, the League funded and outfitted 20,000 Federal troops (9,000 white and 11,000 black) and published over 2 million pro-Union and pro-Lincoln pamphlets. After the War, the League became the club of the industrial elite who owned Philadelphia’s manufacturing-based economy when the city was known as "The Workshop of the World."  Today, located in the heart of Center City Philadelphia just a block from City Hall, the League’s membership of 3,200 men and women represent the diversity of the region’s professional, business, religious, educational, arts, and cultural leaders.