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Provided federal funding for the establishment of vocational agriculture in public high schools. this is important because it supported and funded agriculture
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Henry groseclose & several other virginia tech ag educators organized FFV
Father of FFA -
Kansas city missouri
1st national FFA convention held
Leslie applegate NJ elected 1st national president. This is the start of a new program that would lasta long time -
National blue & corn gold, 2nd national FFA convention, 33 states represented by 64 delegates,35 state associate's total with 1500 chapters & 30,000 members. to this day these colors represent the orginization
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E.M tiffanys creed adopted. 1st national public publicspeaking contest. 1st official dress adopted dak blue blue shirt blue or white pants blue capand yellow tie. Membership restricted to only males
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Blue corduroy jacket as official dress officers & members went to the white house to meet president franklin d roosevelt
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New farmers of america founded in tuskegee, alabama, group of african american boys. this extended the program and brought in diversity
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28.5 acres near alexandria virginia part of george washington's estate. national headquarters that was shared with all of FFA
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138548 FFA members were serving in armed services in ww11
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First national chorus and talent programs held at national FFA conventionrecord jump in membership 238269 to 260300 convention attendance was so high that a folding cot hotel was established
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Public law 18-750 grants FFA federal charter, specifying a US dept of education staff member be the national FFA advisor
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The national future farmer magazine is first issued
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Nfa merges with ffa increasing total membership by more than 50000 delegates vote to increase membership dues from 10 cents to 50 cents allowing all members to recive official magazine
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Females can hold office and participate in competitive events
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National FFA alumni associates is established