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.
Updated June 30, 2017. Manifest destiny was a term that came to describe a widespread belief in the middle of the 19th century that the United States had a special mission to expand westward. The specific phrase was originally used in print by a journalist, John L. O'Sullivan, when writing about the proposed annexation of Texas.