Parked motorcycles
Man and woman on motorcycle
Large crowd of bikers
Man doing a stunt on motorcycle
Motorcycles in front of bar
Festival food and drinks
Bearded biker
Man carrying lighted cross
Bikers looking at souvenir shop window
Long line of parked motorcycles
Woman and tattooed man sitting on motorcycle
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MotorcyclesIn August 2009, the American Festivals Project headed north to Sturgis, South Dakota, home of the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Motorcycle fans have been returning to Sturgis every August since the “Rally in the Black Hills” began in 1940. Read more about the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on the American Festivals Project blog.
Photograph by Andrew Owen, American Festivals Project

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

See photos of the 2009 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, in this American Festivals Project travel photo gallery from National Geographic.

April 05, 2010

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