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Smith Hughes Act
Gave vocational agriculture classes to schools -
FFV
Virginia Tech teachers and Virginia congressmen meet. Make the Future Farmers of Virginia for boys in the state enrolled in agriculture classes. -
First National Congress of Vocational Agriculture Students
They assembled for a national livestock judging. They were at the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show in Kansas City -
FFA
Future Farmers of America is established in Kansas City, Missouri. First national convention is held in Kansas City, there were 33 delegates from 18 states. The states were Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. -
Official Colors and Award
National blue and corn gold are made the official colors of FFA. Carlton Patton is the first Star Farmer of America, one of the first awards made by FFA. -
Official Dress
The blue corduroy jacket is adopted as official dress. -
New Farmers of America
Founded in Tuskegee, Alaska. Active members in FFA exceeds 100,000. -
World War II
FFA conventions were streamlined where only delegates and award winners attended. This is because of the amount of people serving in WWII -
Raising Money
The Future Farmers of America Foundation forms. They raise money for business and other resources used. -
Charter is Granted
A bill was passed by the 81st congress. It gave FFA a federal charter that said that an educator may be an FFA advisor. -
Magazine
The first National Future Farmer magazine is published -
Stamp
The U.S Post Office Department puts out a special stamp to celebrate the 25th anniversary of FFA. Also, Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks at a national FFA convention. -
NFA-FFA
NFA merges with FFA. This increases the amount of members to 50,000. -
Membership Opening Farther
FFA starts opening their membership to females. The Washington Conference/ Washington Leadership Conference begins. -
FFA Alumni
The FFA Alumni Association is made. -
President
There is the first female FFA president -
President speaks at National Convention
Ronald Reagan was able to speak via a recorded voice message. -
New President
Corey Flournoy is elected as the first African-American president. He was from Illinois -
National Convention
National Convention is held in Louisville, Kentucky for the first time. There were 46,918 people in attendance. Michael Van Winkle wins the first National Creed Speaking event. -
Foreign Speaking President
Javier Moreno from Puerto Rico becomes the first person that has English as their second language. -
National Convention
National Convention is held in Indianapolis, Indiana for the first time. FFA announces first $1million contribution from Ford. -
40 Years
FFA celebrates 40 years of woman in the company. -
Memership
The student membership hits an all time high. They have 653,359 among 8,568 chapters.
