With the help of members of SIGCIS and other kind people, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has just launched a web site relating to the early history of the programming language COBOL. The occasion for this small project is the fiftieth anniversary of the first successful compatibility test of COBOL programs. In December of 1960 the same COBOL procedures ran on computers at Remington Rand Univac and at RCA. You are cordially invited to browse the web site at: http://americanhistory.si.edu/cobol/. A small exhibit case showing some of the materials included on the web site will open on the first floor of the museum in the spring of 2011. Peggy A. Kidwell Curator of Mathematics Division of Science & Medicine MRC671, NMAH Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 address for FedEx and UPS: NMAH, Smithsonian Institution 12th St. & Constitution Washington, D.C. 20560 telephone: 202-633-3828 fax: 202-633-9273 email: kidwellp@si.edu<mailto:kidwellp@si.edu>