Go West (slogan)

“ Go West ”, originally “ Go West, young man ” was a political slogan of the Manifest Destiny . He expressed the request to bring the western area of ​​the North American continent into the possession of the USA through settlement . The phrase was popularized primarily by Horace Greeley .

Web links

• Connell O'Donovan: "Go West - This is Our Destiny": Arcadia, Gay Flight, and the Idea (l) of California ( memento from March 20, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), June 1999 - Reception of "Go West" in the gay liberation movement