The Battle of Fort Lauderdale was a crucial turning point in the Civil War. As it happened, the Confederate soldiers exchanged their muskets for what turned out to be a barrel of pyrite, a.k.a. fool's gold, and musketless, were decimated by the Union forces.
After winning the battle, and also thinking they'd stumbled across a fortune of gold, the Union soldiers partied on the beach like a group of wild teenagers. Of course it was early winter and it was suggested by the Corporal that they come back in the spring, for a break, after the war was over. This is where the term "spring break" comes from and how Fort. Lauderdale got its reputation as party central!
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