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Smith Huges Act
Established funding for vocational agriculture in highschools https://www.haikudeck.com/dates-in-ffa-history-education-presentation-sTSnA1VVK9 -
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FFA History
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Henry Groseclose
Formed future formers of Virginia https://www.pinterest.com/pin/489203578243821062/ -
Future Farmers of America
FFA became a national organization http://straughn.cch.schoolinsites.com/?PageName=%27OrganizationPage%27&OrganizationID=%276412%27 -
Official Colors
National blue and corn gold were adopted as the official colors and are still used today http://slideplayer.com/slide/721756/ -
FFA Creed
The FFA creed was adopted at the 3rd National FFA Convention http://rotan.ffanow.org/default.aspx?ID=31030 -
Jacket Adopted
Blue corduroy jacket adopted as official dress https://shopffa.org/products/4/JACKETS/ -
NFA
New Farmers of America (NFA) was formed for black students https://ncffa.org/about-us/history/new-farmers-of-america-nfa1/ -
FFA Band
First National FFA Band performed at national convention
FFA week is established http://fl-genweb.org/gadsden/Herald-1947_Mar13.html -
Federal Chater
FFA became one of the few student organizations to receive a federal chater from Congress http://fineartamerica.com/featured/harry-truman-everett.html -
FFA and NFA
FFA and NFA merged to become one group adding 50,000 members to the FFA http://chs.conroeisd.net/Teachers/sdfulghum/ -
Women Membership
Women are allowed national membership https://www.ffa.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/officialffamanual-english.pdf -
First Female Elected to National Office
Julie Smiley, Washington FFA Association, is the first female elected to a national office https://www.ffa.org/about/what-is-ffa/ffa-history -
The National FFA Organization
Official organization name was changed to The National FFA Organization http://www.stylepinner.com/ffa-facebook/ZmZhLWZhY2Vib29r/