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Worcester County’s Polish Community (MA) (Images of America)

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Polish settlement in Worcester County had humble beginnings: a small group of German Poles within the 1870s. Over the following decades, thousands of Russian and Austrian Poles, fleeing economic and political hardship, pinned their hopes for a greater life on jobs within the burgeoning industries of central Massachusetts. Practicing their religion of their native tongue was once important to these devout Catholics. New England’s first Polish parish was once founded in Webster, with others following in Worcester, Gardner, West Warren, Clinton, Southbridge, and Dudley. Polish clubs served as central gathering places in Gilbertville, Uxbridge, and South Grafton. Worcester County’s Polish Americans share an intricate internet of relationships―circle of relatives, religious, business, social, cultural, educational, political, and athletic―that celebrates their heritage and sustains them these days as probably the most region’s largest ethnic groups.

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