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100

First person elected to serve as National President.

Leslie Applegate

100

Girls were allowed to join the organization.

1969

100

Smith-Huges Act was passed.

1917

100

Official colors that were adopted in 1929

National Blue and Corn Gold

100

Hotel in Kansas City where the FFA was founded in 1928.

Baltimore Hotel

200

First African American elected to serve as a National Officer in 1973, served as secretary and was from Texas.

Fred McClure

200

Official Jacket was adopted

1933

200

Public Law 740 was passed by Congress granting the FFA a federal charter.

1950

200

First National Congress of Vo-Ag students assembled in Kansas City for the National Livestock Judging contest.

1926

200
Carlton Patton was the First Star Farmer of America in 1929. What state was he from?

Arkansas

300

Wrote the FFA Creed in 1930.

E.M. Tiffany

300

National FFA Camp and Leadership Training School started.

1937

300

What year was the National Convention first streamed on the internet?

2004

300
New Farmers of Amercian was founded in Tuskegee, Alabama for African Americans.

1935

300

Where did the National Convention move to in 1999?

Louisville, Kentucky

400

Who was the National Advisor that retired in 2011 after 26 years?

Dr. Larry Case

400
NFA consolidated with FFA, bringing 50,000 members.

1965

400

Henry Groseclose, Harry Sanders, Walter Newman and Edmund Magill organized the Future Farmers of Virginia (FFV).

1925

400

FFA members joined the War Effort.

1942

400
In 1982 Jan Eberly was the first female elected to serve as National President. What state was she from?

California

500

The first African American elected to serve as National President. He was from Illinois.

Corey Flournory

500

The First FFA Week was celebrated.

1948

500
What year was the National FFA Foundation was formed to use funds from businesses and corporations to support FFA activities.

1944

500

Name of the magazine started in 1952.

The National Future Farmer

500

In 1939 the National FFA Camp was set up on land formerly owned by George Washington. Later became the National FF Center. Where was this land located?

Alexandria, Virginia

600

This individual was the first person from Puerto Rico to serve as National President in 2003

Javier Moreno

600

FFA membership hit 1 million.

2024

600

The year the National Convention was first held in Indianapolis.

2006

600

The organization changed it's name to the National FFA Organization.

1988

600

The National FFA Center moved from Alexandria, Virginia to this city in 1999.

Indianapolis, IN

700

Who is the current National Advisor?

Dr. Travis Parks

700
National FFA Alumni Association was founded.

1971

700

The name of The National Future Farmer magazine was changed to New Horizions.

1989

700

First FFA Owned National Headquarters

1939

700
Julie Smiley was the first female selected to serve as a National Officer, Vice-President. 

1976