"This $2.25 billion settlement reflects the full measure of accountability we were able to secure from the vessel interests," Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said after resolving claims with the international shipping companies involved in the March 2024 tragedy that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge and killed six highway maintenance workers in Baltimore.

According to the team’s study published in the journal Current Biology, over 1.3 million living descendents can be traced directly to the handful of settlers buried at St. Mary’s City. What’s more, researchers believe that they potentially identified remains belonging to Maryland’s second governor.