in fact james gave the ashburton name to his eldest son, william henry ashburton wormley. james and his family were among the black members of the 19th street baptist church whose white slave holding pastor was named obediahb. brown. sometimes i ponder. what must it have been like to have your religious leader, a slave holder, as with this pastor? while serving as a pastor at this church, reverend brown also served on the boards of the columbian college with william cochran and on the mercantile board with george rigs. james and his wife, anna, were actually married in 1841 by this pastor. in that the wormley family and this church, one can readily see that these great figures were and james in particular. shortly after 1850, lynch passed leaving each of the offspring to continue their personal growth in the fashion most suitable in their minds. drawing upon his skills as a nurse and catering to the rich and powerful, james became the first steward of the newly established exclusive washington club on la fayette park. based upon several newspaper accounts, his reputation g

"this was all done in conjunction with ashburton this year. they're celebrating their 100th anniversary. >> there you go. >> looking good. >> and then there probably walked out and did some shopping. >> of course. >> let's see what's coming up next on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> gordon peterson has a look at the work ahead. >> you do not want to see me dance. the area tonight at 6:00, a growing issue -- what is a fair tax rate? we will also look at the tax is the president paid on his income. willamette romney be releasing his tax information soon it? one of robert f. kennedy's sons in court. we have that story. those and more coming about 6:00. see you soon. >> coming in tonight in prime time, people playing games or fighting with the flight crew? when did flying get plane crazy? twin sisters plight with each other -- fight with each other. said not think any of us are happy right now, but it's not a good guidea. >> please help me. >> that looks miserable. "20/20" at 10 followed by abc 7 news at 11. >> it would be great to have a great weather for

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a delightful day with just a little bit of a chop in the water and that is about it. 89 in ashburton. the high was 90. wind out of the southwest. a high of 89 with some southwestern breeze at 3 miles per hour at the moment. look at these numbers. the highest average daily temperature, when you look at the averages, the highest daily average hit 89. we were right there today in the middle of april. it is a one-day deal. 90 in winchester, 90 in cumberland, 91 in west virginia. 87 at reagan national. 88 in baltimore. the pollen count, the numbers were way up. we should see grass pollen rise and tree pollen fall correspondingly of the next few weeks and we will let you know how that goes. 55-62 over the morning. a dryer. moving first. tomorrow, looking for highs about 10 degrees cooler than today. curtly 82 at boston logan airport. 85 right now. you can see the temperature changes back to the west. 54 in chicago. we will not get this chilly, but up in a change as the high pressure moves in and this will get pushed out tonight and more seasonable weather will be here over the next few days

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