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Timelime
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1917 | Smith-Hughes Act |
| 1925 | The Future Farmers of Virginia is founded at Virginia Tech |
| Who is the Father of the FFA? | Henry Groseclose |
| 1928 | Future Farmers of America officially founded |
| 1929 | National Blue and Corn Gold adopted as official colors of FFA |
| 1930 | Official creed adopted and Offical Dress adopted |
| Who wrote the official creed? | EM Tiffany |
| 1933 | Blue Corduroy jacked adopted as Offical Dress |
| What is Offical Dress for Females? | Black slack or black skirt mid calf to as short as middle knees. black socks black shoes (heels or flats) official FFA jacket white collard shirt tucked in tallywhacker FFA scarf |
| 1935 | New Farmers of America founded in Tuskegee, AL |
| 1939 | First FFA owned headquarters |
| 1964 | One millionth FFA jacket sold |
| 1965 | NFA/FFA merge |
| 1969 | Girls are officially allowed membership in FFA |
| 1973 | Fred McClure (first person of color) to hold dNational FFA office |
| 1976 | First girl, Julie Smiley, elected to national office and Alaska becomes 50th state to obtain antional chapter. |
| 1988 | The 'Future Farmers of America' official adjusts its name to the 'National FFA Organization' and 7th and 8th graders permitted as FFA members. |
| 1991 | Chapters from the Virgin Islands, Guam, and Micronesia are granted national charter |
| 1996 | National FFA headquarters move from Virginia to Indianpolis, IN and Offical website of FFA created: www.FFA.org |
| 1998 | Jose Santiago becomes first Puerto Rican elected to national office |
| 2000 | Discovery FFA degree for 7th and 8th graders |
| 2017 | Breanna Holbert becomes first black female to be elected national FFA president |
| What is official dress for males? | black pants white collared shirt tucked in tallywhacker official FFA jacket FFA tie black socks black shoes |