“Does My Generation Have a Role in America’s Future?”

The following essay is the Colorado state winner for the Voice of Democracy essay contest. Shane Baumgardner of Colorado Springs, Colo., won a $1,000 scholarship.“Does My Generation Have a Role in America’s Future?”
There comes a time in the life of any generation when its members are forced to ask the simple question, “why?”
Why are they there? Why is this happening? This question usually comes at the lowest low, when all hope seems…