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The Marco Island chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) opened its 2021-22 season Dec. 19 at the Marco Island Yacht Club.

Marco Island DAR establishes ‘Little Free Library’ at Mackle Park Chris Curle Special to the Eagle What is a Little Free Library? Well, that pretty defines it. More broadly it is a worldwide volunteer network of little box libraries meant to inspire readers and expand access to books. There are about 100,000 little free libraries in 100 countries with 42-million books are shared every year. Why do we need a Little Free Library when we have such a nice county public library on South Heathwood Drive? The answer, according to DAR member Peggy Eckhold, is to take books to where the children ...

DAR honors outstanding Lely JROTC cadet from Marco Island Chris Curle Special to teh Eagle Marco Island’s Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) chapter held its first “regular “meeting at Marco Lutheran Church April 15 at the Marco Lutheran Church. It was the first in-person meeting for the members since the Zoom meetings of the virus restrictions. Each year, the DAR awards a medal to an outstanding JROTC cadet who has shown leadership skills and academic achievement. This year’s medal and certificate was presented to Lely sophomore Mauricio Andre Rocha, who lives on Marco Islan...

Chris Curle Special to the Eagle Marco Island historian Betsy Perdichizzi departed from her usual presentations about Marco’s rich history to introduce members of the Marco Island DAR to a famous Indian artist in Oklahoma. At the Jan. 21 Zoom meeting, she presented pen and ink drawings of animal, spiritual and tribal prints by the late Kiowa artist, Robert “Hantso” Cannon. Perdichizzi was a friend and classmate of Hantso’s wife, Yvonne Cannon in Duncan, OK. Before Yvonne died in 2020, she left Perdichizzi a legacy of her husband’s signed and dated prints. “She gave me the prints ...