This article is part of Upstream, The Daily Wire’s new home for culture and lifestyle. Real human insight and human stories — from our featured writers to you. *** Welcome to the Bright Side, a weekly roundup of all the good news and ideas you might have missed from the past week. Happy July 4th! Maybe we can beat the heat by cooling ourselves in the shadow of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s nuptials at Madison Square Garden, but no matter what, we’re proudly celebrating America. (If you’re not dressing up your porch goose like a hot dog right now, are you even from here? I’m kidding, but I bring the receipts.) Consider this your star-spangled RSVP to the most freedom-loving party on the block! The most patriotic quotes in U.S. history “History began on July 4th, 1776. Everything before that was a mistake.” — Ron Swanson from “Parks & Recreation” “If I have to lay an egg for my country, I’ll do it.” — Bob Hope “Thanksgiving with no turkey is like Fourth of July with no apple pie or Friday with no two pizzas.” — Joey Tribbiani from “Friends” @oscars Happy 4th of July! ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ (1999) – The Teen Princess contestants from Mount Rose, Minnesota share why they’re proud to be an American. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney, Kirstie Alley, Brittany Murphy, Amy Adams and Mindy Sterling #DropDeadGorgeous #July4th #KirstenDunst #DeniseRichards #BrittanyMurphy #AmyAdams ♬ original sound – The Oscars “I chose Mount Rushmore because to live in a country where you can take an ugly old mountain and put faces on it, faces of great Americans who did so much to make our country super great, well, that makes me, Rebecca Leeman, proud to be an American.” — Rebecca Leeman from “Drop Dead Gorgeous” “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” — The Declaration of Independence The America-maxxing of European soccer fans Dear European tourists, if you like free bread, air conditioning, and “Country Roads,” you’re gonna love what’s coming for America 250. Still, I’m questioning whether World Cup fans are ready for the pyrotechnics about to rain down upon them. But we’ll cross that bridge when we light it up. Cue the John Philip Sousa bangers!  @foxsports ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ plays in San Francisco Bay Area Stadium after the #USMNT Knockout Stage victory