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.
Carmelites are members of a Roman Catholic religious order founded during the 12th century by a group of hermits on Mount Carmel (in present-day Israel). They were apparently inspired by the prophets Elijah and Elisha, who had lived there, but much of their early history is unknown.