Life & Times of Hanover, PA
Usability & Accessibility
Assassinations
Before & After
Edible Rhyme Thyme
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Known as the "snack capital of the world," Hanover is home to these two snack brands 

Utz and Snyder's of Hanover

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This accommodation allows users to read speech instead of hearing it

Subtitles or closed captioning

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The 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan was intended to impress this actress

Jodie Foster

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This soda and ice cream treat meets a Modest Mouse song

Rootbeer Float On

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A big rush for a hot, spicy dish of India

curry hurry

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This future president spent the night in Hanover on April 12, 1776 on his way from Monticello to Philadelphia to attend the first meeting of the Continental Congress

Thomas Jefferson

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This device allows people with vision impairments to gain information from a website

Screen reader

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The assassination of this leader led to the start of World War I

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

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The path in the Wizard of Oz meets Tom Hanks's 2002 Depression-era mob movie 

Yellow Brick Road to Perdition

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Song for a dried plum

prune tune

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The town is the site of the final encounter between the Union and Confederate armies before they fought aginst each other in this battle

Battle of Gettysburg

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This sans-serif font gets a bad rap but it is actually considered  an easier font to read for those with disabilities

Comic Sans

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The assassination of this Roman leader is a reminder to beware of this

The Ides of March

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This Biblical story of a returning child named David Berkowitz

The Prodigal Son of Sam

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An ornamental recess in a wall for a savory egg dish, perhaps the Lorraine kind

quiche niche

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In July 1991, the town square was the site of this two-day event which resulted in the mayor calling a state of emergency and instructing police to arrest anyone on the streets after midnight

Race riot

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In addition to a caption, providing this helps users know what a photo is about

Alt text

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In 1948, this man was assassinated, apparently as a reaction to his acceptance of Indian Muslims

Gandhi

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This line from the Outsiders meets the McDonald's logo

Stay Golden, Arches

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A nervous, agitated dessert like flan

flustered custard

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The Sheppard Museum is a tribute to this technology

Diesel engine

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For accessibility purposes, pay attention to this difference in brightness between foreground and background colors

Contrast

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The man involved in the 1981 assassination attempt on this religious leader claimed he was acting under the orders of a Turkish mafioso residing in Bulgaria

Pope John Paul II

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Eliza Doolittle eats these low-density, dry, egg-based, sweet sponge cake biscuits 

My Fair Lady Fingers

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A lascivious man meets this food on a stick

horn dog corn dog