Neutral Ground

Neutral Ground may refer to:

  • Central reservation or traffic median, in New Orleans area English
  • Neutral Ground (Louisiana), a no man's land between Spanish Texas and American Louisiana in the early 19th century
  • The 30-mile-wide stretch of land between the British troops occupying New York City during the American Revolution and American-held territory in northern Westchester County, New York.

Famous quotes containing the words neutral and/or ground:

    “The lonely Earth amid the balls
    That hurry through the eternal halls,
    A makeweight flying to the void,
    Supplemental asteroid,
    Or compensatory spark,
    Shoots across the neutral Dark.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “[If not re-elected in 1864] then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he can not possibly save it afterwards.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)