A recent Memorial Day service at Horner’s Cemetery brought to mind the two additional French and Indian War veterans recently found at the cemetery on Nor-Bath Boulevard.

One person who attended the May 30 service was George Herschman, of Bath. He was a re-enactor of Rogers’ Rangers, a group that fought during the French and Indian War. His visit prompted even more questions.

What caused the war? How long was the war? What were the major events of that war? What persons were involved? How did it end? What were the effects after the war?

Rogers’ Rangers (1755) were a company of soldiers from New Hampshire under the British Army. Rogers watched how the American Indians fought and created his rules of ranging.

It was a list used for training for special operations against distant targets, maneuver warfare, guerrilla and skirmishing. Their job was reconnaissance, gathering intelligence and serving as an infantry force.

An article answered some of the other questions, including this statement: “George Washington’s forays into the Ohio country shaped his career and sparked a global war.”

The article continued, “In 1753, Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie of Virginia ordered a young, ambitious 21-year old George Washington on a mission deep into the Ohio country to confront the French. Washington’s account of his journey to Fort Le Beouf and back made Maj. Washington a celebrity on both sides of the Atlantic.

“In 1754, Washington’s surprise attack upon a small French force at Jumonville Glen and his subsequent surrender to French forces at the Battle of Fort Necessity helped to spark the French and Indian War, which was part of the imperial conflict between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War.

“The following year, Washington accompanied Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock on his ill-fated march on Fort Duquesne. During the French and Indian War, Washington learned many important military lessons that he would incorporate into the American Revolution.”

When Herschman and his troop visited us last, one of his soldiers said Britain spent a large amount of money to support the war, his troops and Rogers’ Rangers.

For England to cover the debts from the French and Indian War, Britain had to issue the Sugar Act, Stamp Act and the Townsend Act.