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.
Lived in the northern part of Canaan; talked about in the Bible, ancient people and Phoenician ruins; known as Canaan, the bridge between Egypt and Mesopotamia; interested in trade and learning; the Phoenicians were part of a larger group known as Canaanites; also they were herders who wandered from pasture to pasture.