Mr. Speaker. when most people think of Polish imnuigration to America. they remember the waves of immigrants from eastern and central Europe during the early part of this century. However. Poles were among the first Europeans to seek -. future in the new world. On October 1. 1608. a small band of Polish craftsmen landed in Jamestown. Va. These men had been hired by the Virginia Colony to instruct the colonists in the manufacture of glass. tar. and other products to be exported to England. They built the first factory in the United States. as well as the first sawmill. and taught the Jamestown settlers to make soap and building materials.
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