FFA Timeline

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What happened in 2003?

"Only Blue Will Do!" Campaign launches

What happened in 2006?

1 million is contributed to Ford

When did FFA membership excede 100,000 people?

1935

When did FFA hold it's first national Leadership Training?

1959

When was Fred McClure elected to a national office?

1973

What happened in 1939?

28.5 acres of land is purchased for FFA

How many delegates attended the first FFA convention?

33

In 1953, what is the count of members?

363,369

What happened in 1932?

A charter is granted to the Puerto Rico FFA Association

What happened in 2016?

AgExplorer, a career website, is created

What state was the last state to obtain a national charter?

Alaska

What happened in 1970?

Anita Decker and Patricia Krowicki become the first two female delegates in the FFA Convention

What happened in 1946?

Attendance at the national FFA convention is 12,500

What happened in 1929?

Blue and gold were adopted as FFA's national colors

Who was the first star farmer of America?

Carlton Patton - Arkansas (1929)

What happened in 1979?

Christe Peterson from Wisconsin wins the first Extemporaneous Public Speaking Event

What happened in 1994?

Corey Flournoy from Illinois is the first African American to be elected national FFA president

What happened in 1990?

Delegates vote no to a new FFA creed.

What happened in 2011?

Dr. Steve A Brown is named national advisor/board chair

Who wrote the FFA Creed?

E.M. Tiffany

What happened in 1967?

Elmer J. Johnson helps develop the FFA archives at the National FFA Center

What happened in 2007?

FFA New Horizons adds online feature

What happened in 1973?

FFA Official Dress standards is created

What happened in 2013?

FFA Today Radio shoe debuted

What happened in 2009?

FFA celebrates 40 years of women in the organization

What happened in 2010?

FFA celebrates the 75th anniversary of the founding of NFA

What happened in 1991

FFA chapters in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam, along with five chapters in Micronesia are charted.

What happened in 1930?

FFA creed was adopted

What happened in 1928

FFA is established and the first state convention is held

What happened in 1942?

FFA members join in the war

What happened in 1964?

FFA sells one-millionth FFA jackets.

What happened in 1966?

First FFA National Agriculture Career Show is held at the National FFA Convention

What happened in 1957?

Former President Harry S. Truman speaks during the National FFA Convention.

What happened in 1987?

George. H.W. Bush speaks at the convention

Where were Hoke Smith and Dudley Hughes from?

Georgia

Who created the first constitution of the Nee Farmers of America?

H.O Sargent

Who founded the Future Farmers of America?

Henry Groseclose, Harry W. Sanders, Walter Newman, and Edmund Magill

Who founded the Smith Hughes Vocational Act?

Hoke Smith and Dudley Hughes

When was the first official FFA dress created?

In 1930

What happened in 1982?

Jan Eberly from California becomes the first female FFA president

What happened in 1976?

Julie Smiley from Washington is elected national FFA Vice President and is the first female to hold office.

Where was the first National Congress on Vacational Students assembled for a National Livestock Judging Contest?

Kansas City , MO

Who was the first FFA president?

Leslie Applegate

What happened in 1999?

Michael Van Winkle from Arkansas wins the first National Crees Speaking event.

What happened in 1935?

NFA is founded in Alabama

What happened in 1965?

NFA merges with FFA

What happened in 1971?

National FFA Alumni Association was founded

What happened in 1937?

National FFA camp was established

Where is Leslie Applegate from?

New Jersey

Where is Patricia Krowicki from?

New Jersey

Where is Anita Decker from?

New York

What happens in 2001?

Nicholas Streff from South Dakota is named the first American Star in Agricultural Placement.

What happened in 2002?

Official dress standards are revised and the 75th FFA Convention is held

What happened in 2012?

Patrick Gottach donates $1 million on behalf of the RFD-TV

What happened in 1955?

Photos of American Star Farmer Joe Moore is on the cover of Time Magazine

What happened in 1953?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks at the National FFA Convention

What happened in 1974?

President Gerald Ford speaks at the National FFA Convention and is carried live in network television.

What happened in 1978?

President Jimmy Carter speaks at the 51st convention.

What happened in 1968?

Presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon speaks at the Convention.

In 1950, FFA gained which territories?

Rhode Island, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico

What happened in 2005?

Seeds of hope is launched

What happened in 1950?

The 81st U.S. Congress passes a bill that grants a federal charter to FFA.

What happened in 2017?

The 90th convention is held

What happened in 1983?

The Ag Ed Network, the organization's computerized information service launches.

What happened in 1952?

The FFA Code is adopted and the first magazine issue is published

What happened in 2008?

The FFA Networking site is launched

What happened in 1944?

The FFA is formed in Washington, D.C.

What happened in 1975?

The Food for America program launches and the first FFA Student Handbook is published

What happened in 1988?

The Future Farmers of America changes the name to National FFA Organization

What happened in 1925

The Future Farmers of America was founded for boys.

What happened in 2014?

The Give the Gift of Blue Program begins

What happened in 1996?

The National Convention is moved from Virginia to Indianapolis.

What happened in 2000?

The National FFA Archives at Indiana University- Perdue University Indianapolis.

What happened in 1998?

The National FFA Convention is held in Kansas City, MO.

What happened in 1980?

The National FFA Foundation raises one million in one year for the first time

What happened in 1958?

The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis presents NFA with a Certificate of Appreciation

What happened in 1989?

The National Future Farmers magazine changes its name to FFA NEW Horizons

What happened in 1917?

The Smith Hughes National Vocational Education Act establishes vocational agriculture courses.

What happened in 1933?

The blue corduroy jacket was adopted.

What happened in 2015?

The convention moves to Indianapolis

Who is Fred McClure?

The first African American elected in national FFA office

What happened in 1997?

The first Agri-Entrepreneurship Award is presented.

What happened in 1986?

The first Agriscience Teacher of the Year Award is presented to Steven McKay from Boonville, Calif.

What happened in 1931?

The first FFA Radio Program on NBC is launched

What happened in 1984?

The first FFA TV public service announcements air

What happened in 1947?

The first FFA band performs at the FFA Convention

What happened in 1948?

The first FFA chorus and Talent program is held at the national state convention.

What happened in 1926

The first National Congress of Vocational Agriculture Students is assembled for a National Livestock Judging Contest at the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show.

What happened in 1959?

The first National FFA Center is dedicated in Alexandria, Va.

What happened in 1927

The first constitution for Nee Farmers of Virginia

What happened in 1949?

The first international exchange program for FFA members begins with Young Farmers Club of Great Britain

What happened in 2004?

The first live broadcast premiered

In 1939 who were the first ever star farmers of America?

Twins Albert and Arthur Lacy

What happened in 1969?

Women are allowed in the FFA


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