I rarely ever exhibit any patriotism, but here's my shot at it. (note: the code is ugly, yes, but it looks better when you run it.) 
#!perl

use Win32::GUI;

Win32::GUI::Hide(scalar(Win32::GUI::GetPerlWindow()));

$Win = new Win32::GUI::Window(
      -left   => 226,
      -top    => 230,
      -width  => 538,
      -height => 357,
      -name   => "Win",
      -text   => "Stars & Stripes"
      );

$Win->Show();

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 0,
       -top     => 0,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 160,
       -top     => 0,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 40,
       -top     => 0,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 120,
       -top     => 0,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 80,
       -top     => 0,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 20,
       -top     => 20,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 60,
       -top     => 20,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 100,
       -top     => 20,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 140,
       -top     => 20,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 180,
       -top     => 20,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 0,
       -top     => 40,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 80,
       -top     => 40,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 120,
       -top     => 40,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 160,
       -top     => 40,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 200,
       -top     => 40,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 20,
       -top     => 60,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 60,
       -top     => 60,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 101,
       -top     => 60,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 140,
       -top     => 60,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 180,
       -top     => 60,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 0,
       -top     => 80,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 200,
       -top     => 80,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 40,
       -top     => 80,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 80,
       -top     => 80,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 120,
       -top     => 80,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 200,
       -top     => 0,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 40,
       -top     => 40,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 160,
       -top     => 80,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 20,
       -top     => 100,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 140,
       -top     => 100,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 180,
       -top     => 100,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 60,
       -top     => 100,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 100,
       -top     => 100,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 120,
       -top     => 120,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 40,
       -top     => 120,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 0,
       -top     => 120,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 80,
       -top     => 120,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 200,
       -top     => 120,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 160,
       -top     => 120,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 20,
       -top     => 140,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 180,
       -top     => 140,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 140,
       -top     => 140,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 100,
       -top     => 140,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 60,
       -top     => 140,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 80,
       -top     => 160,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 120,
       -top     => 160,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 160,
       -top     => 160,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 200,
       -top     => 160,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 40,
       -top     => 160,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "*",
       -name    => "Star",
       -left    => 0,
       -top     => 160,
       -width   => 20,
       -height  => 20,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "",
       -name    => "Stripe",
       -left    => 220,
       -top     => 50,
       -width   => 310,
       -height  => 30,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "",
       -name    => "Stripe",
       -left    => 220,
       -top     => 0,
       -width   => 310,
       -height  => 30,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "",
       -name    => "Stripe",
       -left    => 220,
       -top     => 100,
       -width   => 310,
       -height  => 30,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "",
       -name    => "Stripe",
       -left    => 220,
       -top     => 150,
       -width   => 310,
       -height  => 30,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "",
       -name    => "Stripe",
       -left    => 0,
       -top     => 200,
       -width   => 530,
       -height  => 30,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "",
       -name    => "Stripe",
       -left    => 0,
       -top     => 250,
       -width   => 530,
       -height  => 30,
      );

$Win->AddButton(
       -text    => "",
       -name    => "Stripe",
       -left    => 0,
       -top     => 300,
       -width   => 530,
       -height  => 30,
      );

Win32::GUI::Dialog();

sub Win_Terminate {
   Win32::GUI::Show(scalar(Win32::GUI::GetPerlWindow()));
   return -1;
}

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