Today is Independence Day. A day we celebrate our freedom as a country. Merriam-Webster defines the word freedom as: : the quality or state of being free: such as a : the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action b : liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another : independence c : the quality or state of being exempt or released usually from something onerous freedom from care d : the quality of being frank, open, or outspoken (answ