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.
Ancient Phoenicia had its heartland in modern-day Lebanon and Syria. Their most famous cities were Tyre, Byblos, Sarpeta, and Sidon. The Phoenicians called themselves the Canaani, but the name we know them by, the Phoenicians, is actually what the Greeks called them.It means purple people because of the purple dye and purple cloth which only they could provide.ncient Phoenicia had its heartland in modern-day Lebanon and Syria. Their most famous cities were Tyre, Byblos, Sarpeta, and Sidon. The Phoenicians called themselves the Canaani, but the name we know them by, the Phoenicians, is actually what the Greeks called them.