I had forgotten much of this. But, our grandmother, Viola Collins Riddle traveled more than 100 miles on a buggy to march in a demonstration for the vote in Pensacola. Thelma Riddle Spell, Uncle Charles' daughter, who was born in 1910, said Grandpa A. B. and Grandma Viola came to their house in 1917, when she was 7, and that her mother, Chloe, and Grandmother Riddle, marched in the parade.

She said there were other relatives, but she mostly remembers her mother holding one hand and Grandma Riddle holding her other hand as they walked and carried signs in the march. She said Grandpa Riddle and Uncle Charles were nearby, just in case there was any trouble, but that they didn't join in the march, though there were men who marched right alongside their wives and daughters.

She said she doesn't remember if it was peaceful. She didn't remember any policemen. She just remembers that the march was because her mother and grandmother believed women should have a say in governement. She said later she learned what government meant and how important it was to vote. She was 10 when women were granted the right to vote.