"The Drummer Boy on Independence Day," by E. L. Doctorow
Briefly

In the mid-nineteen-fifties, a Confederate veteran named John Sewetti, with a mysterious and unfriendly disposition, reluctantly agrees to lead an Independence Day parade in the town.
John Sewetti, perceived as an enigmatic figure, only ever communicates willingly with his seventy-year-old daughter, portraying a complicated persona that intrigues the community.
Read at The New Yorker
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