By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff Reporter
In a contest modeled after an event in which school children gave pennies for a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty, Benicia school children have raised money for the city’s pair of state parks, said Mike Caplin, Benicia State Parks Association spokesman.
The fundraiser for the Statue of Liberty took place in 1885. “School children across America collected pennies toward the construction of the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor,” Caplin said.