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.
But the glue that was to bind the nation together was a political ideal of one nation united in its devotion to democratic principles. This belief was in keeping with most Americans who saw it as our destiny to spread our form of government and influences across the continent.