It was not until 1942 that Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance. One year later, in June 1943, the Supreme Court ruled that school children could not be forced to recite it.
The descendants of the Canaanites/Phoenicians are the modern day inhabitants of Lebanon (specifically the Christians). The Arabs and the Phoenicians aren't at all the same people. They just spoke two languages related to each other.
Origins of the Canaan civilization center on the regions currently forming part of Palestine. Historians and theologists believe that Canaan is the Promised Land of the Israelites referred to in the Old Testament. The book of Genesis refers to the Canaanites as descendents of Canaan, the son of Ham. Ham was the son of Noah who restored life after the Great Flood. References to the land of Canaan are also found in ancient Egyptian, Phoenician, and Syrian texts.