{"id":2804,"date":"2018-10-18T14:53:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T14:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?p=2804"},"modified":"2021-01-24T12:21:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T17:21:37","slug":"smith-condon-boxwood-hedge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?p=2804","title":{"rendered":"Smith-Condon Boxwood Hedge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">THE SMITH-CONDON BOXWOOD HEDGE<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Graveyard visitors during the past year have seen a beautifully landscaped L-shaped boxwood hedge separating the graveyard from the parking lot on the southeast section of the graveyard. More recently this hedge was significantly extended eastward to again provide an expanded separation of the parking area and the historic graveyard. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2802\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondonHedges1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2802 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondonHedges1-1024x389.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondonHedges1-1024x389.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondonHedges1-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondonHedges1-768x292.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondonHedges1-500x190.jpg 500w, https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondonHedges1.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Smith-Condon Boxwood Hedge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2953\" src=\"http:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"SmithCondon1\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So, how did this come to be. This beautiful boxwood hedge is the gift of Maggie Condon, a generous benefactor of our historic graveyard. Maggie\u2019s parents, Eddie Condon and Phyllis Smith, were interred here a few years ago near where the original boxwood hedge segment was installed. Eddie Condon was a celebrated jazz musician in the mid 20<sup>th<\/sup> century. He played the guitar and owned a jazz club in Greenwich Village. His wife\u2019s brother, Samuel Stelle Smith and wife Agnes Newhouse are buried next to them in the family grave plot.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Smith name is also famous. Samuel Stelle Smith is the highly regarded Revolutionary War Historian with books published about the Battle of Monmouth and Trenton among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2954\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2954 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"SmithCondon2\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SmithCondon2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smith and Condon Gravemarkers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE SMITH-CONDON BOXWOOD HEDGE Graveyard visitors during the past year have seen a beautifully landscaped L-shaped boxwood hedge separating the 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