FFA History Timeline Dates By kaycee.riggle 1917 Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act 1925 Future Farmers of Virginia was established (FFV) 1928 National Organization of the Future Farmers of America was former 1928 Leslie Applegate was the First FFA President 1928 First National FFA Convention held at the Baltimore Hotel in Kansas City 1929 National Blue & Corn Gold Adopted 1930 Creed Adopted 1933 Blue Corduroy Jacket Adopted 1935 NFA Founded 1935 Fairbury FFA Chartered 1947 FFA Week Established 1950 President Truman Granted Federal Charter 1952 National Future Farmer Magazine 1959 First National FFA Center/Alexandria, VA 1965 NFA merges with FFA 1969 FFA Opens Membership to Females 1972 National FFA Alumni was Founded 1976 Julie Smiley- First Female Elected to National Office 1982 Jan Eberly- First Female National FFA President 1988 FFA Changes it's name to (The National FFA Organization) 1989 National Future Farmer Magazine changes it's name to "FFA New Horizon" 1994 Corey Flournoy First African American President 1996 National Convention Moves from KC to Louisville, KY 1998 National FFA Center Moves to Indianapolis, IN 2006 National Convention moves to Indianapolis, IN
