In 1998, President Bill Clinton signed the resolution, and by December 1999, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Foundation was accepting design proposals.
Which best explains why the Phoenician alphabet was developed? to aid in land conquests to help trade transactions to educate the government to stop foreign invasions.
The Amazigh (Berber) are credited with preserving the Phoenician language till the time of Saint Augustine in the 5th century & traces of the Phoenician alphabet are evident in the Tamazight (Berber) alphabet called Tifinagh.