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Five years after the tragic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, families of some of the nearly 3,000 victims gathered at Ground Zero for a solemn memorial ceremony. Four moments of silence are planned -- two for the times that hijacked planes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center, and two for the times that the burning towers collapsed. At the ceremony, approximately 200 family members will read the names of the 2,749 victims.

DEFINITION: (noun) A prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone. SYNONYMS: cromlech. USAGE: All that was left of the pre-historic community was a dolmen, an enigma that stood in nature like a letter from a lost alphabet.

Paul "Bear" Bryant was an American college football coach. Best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team, he achieved an unparalleled legendary status in the sport, winning the national championship six times. Bryant retired with a record 323 career wins, including 15 bowl wins. How did Bryant receive the nickname “Bear?”

As Secretary of the Treasury under George Washington, Hamilton presented a far-reaching financial program to the first Congress. He proposed that the debt accumulated by the Continental Congress be paid in full, that the federal government assume all state debts, and that a national bank be chartered. He also advocated a tariff on imported manufactures and a series of excise taxes, hoping these measures would strengthen the national government. Hamilton was mortally wounded in a duel with whom?

Xenophon was a Greek soldier and writer. A disciple of Socrates, he joined the Greek force known as the Ten Thousand that was in the service of Cyrus the Younger, who intended to seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II. After the death of Cyrus, Xenophon led the Greek troops to the Black Sea, an ordeal he recounted in Anabasis. Xenophon is often cited as having been the original what?