New Year's Day Picnic, Since 1980
T.Y. Park / Topeekeegee-Yugnee Park
3300 N. Park Road
Hollywood, FL 33021-2524

The name of the park is a Seminole word, it means "meeting or gathering place."

Definition: \Pic"nic\, n. [Cf. F. piquenique.]
[n] any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
[n] a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering

Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed
some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure
party in which the members partake of a collation or repast
(usually in the open air, and from food carried by
themselves).