Some people coin phrases. Journalist John L. O’Sullivan minted one this week (Dec. 27) in 1845 when he wrote in The Democratic Review that it was America’s “manifest destiny to overspread and to ...
When President Donald Trump invoked the phrase “manifest destiny” during his inaugural address Monday and celebrated “our American ancestors” for having “won the Wild West,” he used phrases that ...
Showcasing “American Progress,” John Gast’s tableau of Manifest Destiny, is of a piece with the administration’s desire for a more traditional view of American history. By Sam Roberts John Gast’s ...