It all comes down to personal connections, right? My favorite memory of this year's Historicon was my conversation with an archeologist from Delaware. Who knew that Delaware employs an archeologist? The gentleman (I did not get his name) stopped by our booth to complement us on our latest book on the American Revolutionary War: CAM 176 Philadelphia 1777. What struck me first about him was his youth--he was no older than his mid-30's. He was very soft spoken and I had to strain to hear him over the din in the expo hall. But what really gave me a charge was when he mentioned that there are opportunities for laypeople like me to volunteer for acheological digs in my homestate of New Jersey. I'm definitely going to investigate this. He also told me this fantastic story about a project he worked on to raise an 18th-Century freighter from the bottom of the Delware River, outside of Philadelphia. He said that among the cargo that was recovered was a crate of toy soldiers destined for whatever was the equivalent then of Wal-Mart. Being that we were at a miniature wargamer convention, it gave me a chill to hear that story.