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Rising sun Progress- The sun will rise and bring a new day full of opertunities
Plow Labor and tillage of the soil- The FFA is founded on agriculture
Eagle Freedom- Shows that we have the freedom to explore new horizons
Owl Knowledge- Shows the knowledge required to have a successful career in the Ag
industry.
Agricultural Ed and FFA Shows the combination of leadership and learning
1917 Smith-Hughes Act was passed
1920 Ellis Clark started the Woodbury chapter. ( It was at the Woodbury high school
before it was at Nonnewaug.)
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1928 Start of FFA as a whole. First convention was at Kansas City, Missouri.
1930 Em Tiffany wrote the FFA Creed. It was adopted as the official Creed For FFA.
1965 NFA (All blacks) and the FFA (All whites) came together as one group.
1969 Women were allowed in FFA. (Today there are more girls than boys in the FFA)
1971 The national FFA Alumni was established
1978 50th convention of the FFA. Kansas City, Missouri.
1988 Changed from Future Farmers of America, to National FFA
1999 FFA convention moved from Missouri to Louisville, Kentucky.
2006 Moved to Indianapolis, Indiana