Letter: Apologies to future generations

To my grandchildren and future generations, I offer my abject and absolute apology.In our youth, my generation was idealistic and hopeful of a better tomorrow, as are most young people. We turned that idealism into action. Our protests and demonstrations were significant in ending America’s involvement in Vietnam’s civil war, which was not our fight in the first place.We supported Martin Luther King and others as they led the struggle to gain civil rights for all Americans, especiall