Parks in East Alton include: Kutter Park (1), Van Preter Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map. Court: Madison County - Probation & Court Services Department- East Alton Satellite Of (211 North Shamrock Street).
Manifest Destiny. noun. 1  A policy of imperialistic expansion defended as necessary or benevolent. 2  often Manifest Destiny The 19th-century doctrine that the United States had the right and duty to expand throughout the North American continent.
Manifest Destiny was a phrase which invoked the idea of divine sanction for the territorial expansion of the United States.t first appeared in print in 1845, in the July-August issue of the United States Magazine and Democratic Review. The anonymous author, thought to be its editor John L. O'Sullivan, proclaimed our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our multiplying millions..