2020 is a year many of us would like to forget, but it’s been a year to remember in Washington - from the impeachment trial, to the presidential race and so much more.

It started as a year of political division.

President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial splitting the country along party lines.

In February, the Senate acquitted the 45th president of the United States of two articles of impeachment against him.

“I’ve done things wrong in my life, I will admit," said Trump. "Not purposely, but I’ve done things wrong. But this is the end result.”

Just weeks later, as the country’s wounds healed from Trump’s trial, the coronavirus began sweeping the nation and the world and impacting all of our lives.

But Congress would unify and pass the historic $2.2 trillion CARES Act, providing relief to Americans and businesses left grappling with the pandemic.

Americans would spend the spring months coping with double-digit unemployment, food shortages and stay at home orders that put us in front of our televisions to watch images of racial unrest play out in real time, sparked by the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis Police custody.

Soon, the debate over police reform and combating racial injustice played out in Congress.

House Democrats and Senate Republicans each offered their own plans. 

"We believe that our policy positions are one that brings the communities of color into a position of stronger understanding and confidence in the institutions of authority," said South Carolina Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

"What’s clear is that the Senate Republican proposal on policing does not rise to the moment,” said New York Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)

But the political division began growing again, and the two sides failed to reach a deal.

Protests – both peaceful and violent – played out.

All of these issues collided with a contentious campaign for the White House throughout the summer and into the fall between President Trump and Joe Biden.

As the campaign headed into the homestretch this fall, a Supreme Court shakeup and a generational shift to the right, as the Senate replaced Justice Ginsburg with Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

The Supreme Court now with a 6-3 conservative majority.

Just weeks after Barrett’s Senate confirmation in October, voters would head to the polls to cast their ballots for president in November.

The pandemic ushered in mail-in voting on a nationwide scale for the first time.

Four days after the polls closed, Joe Biden was projected the winner, Senator Kamala Harris would become the first female vice president in U.S. history and President Trump would become the first one-term president in nearly three decades.

“We stand again at an inflection point," said President-elect Biden during his acceptance speech. "We have the opportunity to defeat despair and to build a nation of prosperity and purpose. We can do it. I know we can.”

So much happened in the last 12 months, it’s easy to forgot all that we’ve been through - even though all of it happened this year.

For many Americans, 2020 has been a year of heartbreak.

But it’s also been a year full of history in cities across the country...and in the nation’s capital.