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FFA is among the largest youth organizations in the United States, with 945,988 members in 9,163 chapters [11] throughout all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. FFA is the largest of the career and technical student organizations in U.S. schools. The organization holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States ...
NFA stands for New Farmers of America. The NFA was an organization designed to develop the qualities of leadership and citizenship of its members by allowing them to participate in conducting meetings, sharing in carrying out the program of activities of the chapter, and serving on committees.
History Dominican Civil War The Inter-American Peace Force ( IAPF ) ( Spanish : Fuerza Interamericana de Paz , FIP) was a peacekeeping force in the Dominican Republic from several countries from the Americas that was formed towards the end of the Dominican Civil War .
Mar. 16—The Manhattan Project in New Mexico was front and center in 1945. In nanoseconds, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan at the end of World War II changed the nature of warfare ...
The Smith–Hughes National Vocational Education Act of 1917 was an act of the United States Congress that promoted vocational education in "agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking," [1] and provided federal funds for this purpose.
The VDC organized another peace march which took place on November 21, 1965, and saw over 10,000 people marching through Oakland. [3] The march was the first of its kind in California and was one of many orchestrated by the VDC from 1965 through 1972; a number of pro-war protesters lined the route holding signs that said, "Stamp out VDC". [4 ...
By MORGAN WHITAKER Forty five years ago Saturday, more than a quarter million Americans descended on Washington, D.C., to protest the Vietnam War. Demonstrations and marches were common in this ...
October 14. The "Peace March to End the Vietnam War" in San Francisco. This "silent-march" demonstration began at City Hall and moved down Fulton Street to Golden Gate Park, where speeches were given. Over 2,000 were in attendance. Numerous groups, including many veterans, march to support the so-called "7-Point" plan to peace.