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Factory jobs in the Hardware City of the World began attracting Polish immigrants to New Britain in the 1890s. The Poles soon became the city s largest ethnic group, centering their family, business, social, cultural, and spiritual life on Broad Street. Their Polonia was unparalleled in New England. Three parishes and dozens of organizations shared a strong commitment to Polish education, military service, political representation, and Dozynki and Dzien Zaduszny traditions. Continuing waves of immigration contributed to Polonia s ceaseless self-renewal. The Polish Community of New Britain celebrates this magnetic vitality and cultural continuity with rare photographs drawn from family albums and local archives."