Bessie Stringfield: A Legendary Harley-Davidson Owner

Bessie Stringfield, a Jamaican-American woman who was recently profiled in Timeline. The fearless adventurer’s story is an inspiring one of traveling over the rough, dirt roads of a pre-interstate-highway America to deliver messages for the U.S. Army. And she did it all in the name of helping her fellow Americans during one of the country’s most turbulent times.

Bessie’s selfless service allowed her to engage in her favorite past time: riding Harley-Davidson motorcycles. During World War II, Stringfield used her Harley to travel through the racially-charged South of the 1930s and 1940s on her way across the country, carrying messages between domestic Army bases.

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Bessie Stringfield: A Legendary Harley-Davidson Owner