FFA Timeline By Kobytheweeb 1917 Agriculture courses became available 1925 The FFV (Future Farmers of Virginia) was founded 1926 The ARLS let ag students be judges in livestock shows 1928 FFA was founded 1929 FFA Colors were chosen 1933 FFA uniform was created 1935 FFA members exceeded 100k Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War II 1942 FFA during WW2 Out of the tens of thousands of FFA members that were in the war, only 217 went to a convention 1944 138k FFA members served in the war 1947 FFA Band was formed 1952 FFA official magazine printed it's 1st issue 1957 Harry Truman spoke at an FFA convention 1965 NFA and FFA merged 1968 Nixon attended an FFA convention 1969 Girls could now join the FFA 2002 Uniforms were revised