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| | Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Patriot, Composer, Piano Virtuoso, Philanthropist, Statesman |
 | | On November 6, 1860, Ignacy Jan Paderewski is born in Kurylowka, in an area annexed by Russia following the partition of Poland (presently in the Ukraine). |
 | | At the age of nine, that is in 1869, Ignacy muses that, to uplift his nation's spirits, he will erect in 1910, on the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald where the combined Polish-Lithuanian Armies vanquished the Teutonic Knights in one of the biggest battles of the Middle Ages, a monument celebrating that victory. |
 | | In 1917, at a convention of Polish Falcons in Pittsburgh, Paderewski calls for the formation of Polish Army which will fight alongside Americans in World War I. In Paris, he becomes a member of the newly formed Polish National Committee and is delegated to be its representative in the United States. |
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