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1917 The Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act established vocational agricultural courses 1925 Virginia organizes the Future Farmers of Virginia for boys in ag classes. The FFV serves as the model for the FFA 1928 Future Farmers of America is established in Kansas City, MO 1928 First National FFA Convention held in Kansas City: 33 delegates from 18 states attend 1929 National Blue and corn gold adopted as official colors 1930 Official FFA Creed adopted 1930 First official dress uniform adopted: dark blue shirt, blue or white pants, blue cap and yellow tie 1933 DBlue corduroy jacket adopted as Official Dress 1935 New Farmers of America (blacks) founded in Tuskegee, Alabama 1939 28.5 acres of land was purchased for the first FFA-owned national headquarters; the land was part of George Washingtons estate 1944 Future Farmers of America Foundation formed 1947 First National FFA Band performed at national FFA conventino 1948 First FFA Chorus and National FFA Talent program held at national FFA convention 1948 National FFA Supply Service began operation 1948 First FFA Week celebrated during the week of Washingtons bday 1950 President Harry Truman granted a Federal CHarter, Public Law 740, to FFA 1952 First issue of the National Future Farmer magazine was published 1953 The US post office issued a special stamp to celebrate the 25th anniversary of FFA 1953 President Dwight D. Eisenhower wa the first president to speak at a national FFA conevtion 1957 Former pres. Harry Truman spoke at the national convention 1959 First National FFA Center dedicated in Alexandria, Va 1965 New Farmers of America (blacks) merges with the FFA 1968 Pres. Richard Nixon attends national conventinon 1969 Women are allowed to join 1969 Washington Conference (now WLC) begins 1973 FFA Official Dress standards created 1976 Alaska became the last of the 50 states to obtain a national charter 1982 Jan Eberly becomes the first female national FFA president 1988 Future Farmers of America changes its name to National FFA Organization to reflect the growing diversity in the industry of agriculture 1988 7th and 8th grade students permitted to become FFA members 1989 the National Future Farmer magazine changes its namr to FFA New Horizons 1990 Partners in Active Learning support (PALS) program is launched 1994 Corey Flournoy, Illinois, is the first black nathional FFA president 1996 The official website for FFA, www.ffa.org debuts 1998 National FFA CEnter in Indianapolis, IND is dedicated July 20 1999 72nd National FFA convention held in Louisville, KY 2000 FFA Discovery Degree available for middle school FFA members 2002 Official Dress revised