Sundays on Broad Street are usually quiet. Many of the stores close in the early afternoon if they are open at all. The street is briefly populated when Mass at Sacred Heart lets out and then becomes vacant until the next Mass is over.

Yesterday was different. Yesterday was the last Sunday in April, an ordinary day everywhere but in New Britain. In New Britain it is “Little Poland Day”, a day to celebrate Poland, Polonia, and a very special street-Broad Street, New Britain. (more…)