University of Rochester, Plaque honoring Francis Bellamy, UR, Class of 1876, author of the Pledge of Allegiance [Photo: David Kramer] Dissent is the highest form of patriotism – Benjamin Franklin You’ve heard from George Payne on numerous occasions, recently in The Spirit of Corn Hill Lives: Photographing Rochester’s Most Historically Diverse Neighborhood Throughout the year, … Continue reading Sitting Tall: Colin Kaepernick, Nonviolent Dissent, and the Meaning of American Patriotism.