Extract published in the AKLA News Christmas 1970

Some five hundred years ago our forefathers came to KFARSGHAB and established a household from which stemmed the KFARSGHAB we know today.

His origin is obscure, but not the faith, the self sacrifice and the foresight with he planted the Kfarsghabi tree.  He was the first of a long line of great men and women, whose efforts, during the centuries that followed, ensured the continuous growth of this tree.

 It was an extraordinary achievement, considering the limited opportunities they had and the difficult conditions under which they worked.  They persisted in their efforts to build the Kfarsghab community, contented despite the many hardships and misfortune until Providence opened up to them the frontier of migration.  A new soil was an opportunity for further growth and the tree flourished and spread its branches to several parts of the world.  The 'New Environment' however confronted them with new kind of hardships and suffering and it was only their stamina and striving which enable them to survive and make easy the way for those who followed them. 

The spiritual, cultural and material heritage of the Kfarsghab community today is due, in large measure, to the efforts of thise men and women who set the foundation..

 ‘They are the Legend of Kfarsghab'

There is little value in looking back into history unless it is for our enrichment and enriched we are by the tradition which our forefathers passed on to us, a tradition of faith in God, generosity, a great capacity for hard work and love for one another.  It is this tradition which the Association strives to uphold in the Kfarsghab of Today. 

 Every Kfarsghabi in Lebanon and abroad, especially those born abroad, should be fully conscious and proud of the tradition he carries and should follow the example of his ancestors in passing to his children the tradition he has inherited.