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.
c. 7000: Jericho is a walled settlement. c. 5000-4000: Land of Canaan is occupied by Canaanites, then Amorites and Jebusites. c. 2000: Founding patriarch Abraham and his tribe settle in what becomes Judea. c. 1500: Abrahamâs descendants, led by Joseph, settle in Egypt. c. 1260: Moses leads Israelites in Exodus from Egypt.