On Sunday Oct 6th the Benicia Historical Society hosted a wonderful talk at the State Capitol Building. Dr. Kerry Carney presented a very informative presentation about why our Benicia Capitol Building is such a “big deal!" She spoke about the history of each of the buildings were State Capitols, before the final location of our current Capitol in Sacramento. There were buildings in Monterey, San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Vallejo, Benicia and Sacramento that were used as Legislative State Capitols starting from 1774. The reason our beautiful building here in Benicia is a big deal is that along with the current Capitol Building that was completed in 1869, this is the only remaining structure. All the other buildings were either burnt or demolished. Many are represented with plaques but no physical buildings. So yes, we are a big deal and it is so significant to continue to preserve Benicia’s important history.